found: Maves, L.A. A genetic analysis of cell fate determination and transdetermination in Drosophila imaginal discs, 1997.
found: King, R.C. A dict. of genetics, 1997(cell determination: an event in embryogenesis that specifies the developmental pathway that a cell will follow)
found: Rieger, R. Glossary of genetics and cytogenetics, 1976(determination: a process which initiates a specific pathway of development by singling it out from among various possibilities for which a cellular system is competent ... During determination, an event takes place which decides which of several types of development will actually be realized; commitment: the fixation of a cell to a unique sequence alternative to its previous state (predominantly in microorganisms).)
found: The encyc. of molecular biology, 1994(determination: an irreversible decision made by an undifferentiated cell which restricts its differentiation into a smaller subset of cell types. A cell becomes determined when its developmental potential no longer differs from its fate. The determined state is passed on to its progeny; commitment: most authors use the terms commitment and determination interchangeably, to mean an irreversible decision of a cell to differentiate in a particular direction. Some authors, however, use commitment to identify a determinative decision that is not irreversible.)
found: LC database, Oct. 19, 1998(cell determination; cell commitment)