'A number of studies focusing on directed and transdifferentiation processes showed that differentiation can proceed by multiple routes and yet converge onto similar transcriptional states [11,12], consistent with the view that terminally differentiated cell states are “attractor basins” in a transcriptional and signaling differentiation landscape.'
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001900