# lateral inhibition

> Signaling between cells of equivalent developmental potential that results in these cells adopting different developmental fates. An example is the suppression by cells with a particular fate of the adoption of the same fate by surrounding cells.

**Wikidata**: [Q1141237](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1141237)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_inhibition)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/lateral-inhibition


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)