Types

- Totipotent – can differentiate into any of the 200 types of body cell (early embryo) - Some cells are multipotent – e.g. cells in the bone marrow can become white or red blood cells (some adult stem cells/umbilical cord stem cells) - Pluripotent – can differentiate into many types (later embryonic cells) - Unipotent – one type of cell (Adult cells)