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Nov 30, 2009
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de•dif•fer•en•ti•a•tion



Pronunciation: (dē-dif"u-ren"shē-ā'shun), [key]
n. Biol.
a process by which structures or behaviors that were specialized for a specific function lose their specialization and become simplified or generalized.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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