<prompt> Metaplasia is induced fromTotipotent cellsStem cellsNeoplastic cellsNecrotic cells  <response>: Metaplasia is a reversible change in which one adult cell type epithelial or mesenchymal is replaced by another adult cell typeMetaplasia is thought to arise by reprogramming of stem cells to differentiate along a new pathway rather than a phenotypic change transdifferentiation of already differentiated cells Robbins Basic Pathology, 9th edition, page 3 