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Totipotency in plant somatic cell reprogramming emerges through ordered, cell-type-specific reprogramming events, not simple dedifferentiation, with molecular logic still incompletely resolved.
- Why it matters: Plant regeneration requires differentiated cells to regain plasticity and become embryo-forming founder cells, but how that transition is orchestrated at the molecular level remains unclear.
- What they did: The work synthesizes classical developmental and hormonal studies alongside recent multi-omics evidence, framing reprogramming as competence changes, trajectory suppression/redirection, embryogenic network activation, hormonal rewiring, and epigenetic remodeling.
- The result: The integrated model clarifies how totipotency can arise via developmental trajectory rewiring, guiding future efforts to engineer totipotency in recalcitrant crops.
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