FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term dedifferentiation ID (Ontology) GO:0043696 (Gene Ontology)
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.
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  biological_process
   |__developmental process
       |__dedifferentiation  10 rec.
           |__cell dedifferentiation 10 rec.
               |__cell dedifferentiation involved in phenotypic switching(+)
               |__hepatocyte dedifferentiation
               |__kidney cortex tubule cell dedifferentiation
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Wikipedia:Cellular_differentiation#Dedifferentiation