The process in which a specialized cell loses the 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 cells can revert back to the features of the stem cells that were their ancestors.
cell development +
cell differentiation +
cell fate commitment +
cell fate determination +
cell fate specification +
cell maturation +
cellular component morphogenesis +
centrosomal and pronuclear rotation
creation of an inductive signal +
donor selection +
initiation of movement involved in cerebral cortex radial glia guided migration +
plant-type sporogenesis +
pre-B cell receptor expression
programmed cell death involved in cell development +