Cellular totipotency was demonstrated by[1991]a)Theodore Schwannb)A.V. Leeuwenhoekc)F.C. Stewardd)Robert HookeCorrect answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

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Cellular totipotency was demonstrated by

[1991]

a)
Theodore Schwann
b)
A.V. Leeuwenhoek
c)
F.C. Steward
d)
Robert Hooke

Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

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F.C. Steward & co-workers in 1964 raised the entire carrot plant from carrot-root culture. They established the cellular totipotency i.e. capacity of a cell to develop a new plant. However the idea of totipotency was given earlier by German botanist Gottlieb Haberlandt. He tried to grow isolated leaf cell but could not succeed.

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