"Fate determination" refers to the idea that events and outcomes are predestined or controlled by a higher power. It means that the course of life or a particular situation is predetermined and inevitable. Full definition
Specifically, the project will seek to characterize genetic variants regulating the processes of differentiation, proliferation and fate determination in the human haematopoietic system. (sanger.ac.uk)
However, much evidence indicates that the pluripotent cell populations in the embryo or in ES cell cultures are not comprised of a single cellular entity, but instead display significant heterogeneity at the molecular level, heterogeneity that is associated with an apparent probabilistic element of fate determination [5]. (journals.plos.org)
Drosophila Condensin II subunit Chromosome - associated protein D3 regulates cell fate determination through non-cell-autonomous signaling. (lerner.ccf.org)