vulval cell fate determination

id: GO:0072326
name: vulval cell fate determination
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process in which a cell becomes capable of differentiating autonomously into a nematode vulval cell regardless of its environment; upon determination, the cell fate cannot be reversed. In nematodes, the vulva is formed from ventral epidermal cells during larval stages to give rise to a fully formed adult vulva, which is the egg-laying organ of female and hermaphrodite nematodes.

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