Term Name: cardiac cell fate specification
Synonyms: cardiocyte cell fate specification
Definition: The process involved in the specification of cardiac cell identity. Once specification has taken place, a cell will be committed to differentiate down a specific pathway if left in its normal environment.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0060912]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: cardiac cell fate commitment
is a type of: cell fate specification
has subtype: cardioblast cell fate specification endocardial cushion cell fate specification
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of cardiac cell fate specification
regulated by: regulation of cardiac cell fate specification