
(from the article `human embryology`) ...changed environment, cartilage may lose its matrix, and its cells may come to resemble the more primitive tissue from which it arose. ...
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<cell biology> Loss of differentiated characteristics. ... In plants, most cells, including the highly differentiated haploid microspores (immature pollen cells) of angiosperms, can lose their differentiatiated features and give rise to a whole plant. ... In animals this is less certain and there is still controversy as to whether the undiffe...
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(de-dif″әr-en″she-a´shәn) anaplasia.
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Loss of differentiated characteristics. In plants, most cells, including the highly differentiated haploid microspores (immature pollen cells) of angiosperms, can lose their differentiatiated features and give rise to a whole plant; in animals this is less certain, and there is still controversy as to whether the undifferentiated cells of the blastema that forms at the end of an amputated amphibian limb (for example) are derived by dedifferentiation, or by proliferation of uncommitted cells. Neither is it clear whether dedifferentiation in animal cells might just be the temporary loss of phenotypic characters, with retention of the determination to a particular cell type.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: dē-dif′ĕr-en′shē-ā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The return of parts to a more homogeneous state. Synonyms: anaplasia
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[
n] - the loss of specialization in form or function
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noun the loss of specialization in form or function
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a process by which structures or behaviors that were specialized for a specific function lose their specialization and become simplified or generalized.
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