Term Information

Accession
GO:0043696
Name
dedifferentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process in which a specialized structure (cell, tissue or organ) loses structural or functional features that characterize it in the mature organism, or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Under certain conditions, these structures can revert back to the features of their ancestors. Source: GOC:dph, GOC:pg
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0043696 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of dedifferentiation (GO:0043696)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
dedifferentiation [is_a relation] is_a  developmental process (GO:0032502)
Children of dedifferentiation (GO:0043696)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
cell dedifferentiation (GO:0043697) [is_a relation] is_a  dedifferentiation