Term Name: cell competition in a multicellular organism
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Definition: Competitive interactions within multicellular organisms between cell populations that differ in growth rates, leading to the elimination of the slowest-growing cells.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0035212]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: multicellular organism development
is a type of: cellular process regulation of growth