Term Name: cell fate specification involved in pattern specification
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Definition: The process involved in the specification of the identity of a cell in a field of cells that is being instructed as to how to differentiate. Once specification has taken place, that cell will be committed to differentiate down a specific pathway if left in its normal environment.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0060573]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: cell fate commitment involved in pattern specification pattern specification process
is a type of: cell fate specification
has subtype: limb basal epidermal cell fate specification limb granular cell fate specification limb spinous cell fate specification notum cell fate specification ventral spinal cord interneuron specification wing cell fate specification