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cell fate commitment

Description

"The commitment of cells to specific cell fates and their capacity to differentiate into particular kinds of cells. Positional information is established through protein signals that emanate from a localized source within a cell (the initial one-cell zygote) or within a developmental field." [ISBN:0716731185]

Relations

part ofcell differentiation

Inverse Relations

cell fate specificationpart ofcell fate commitment
cell fate determinationpart ofcell fate commitment

Identifier

GO:0045165
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