epidermal cell fate specification

id: GO:0009957
name: epidermal cell fate specification
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process in which a cell becomes capable of differentiating autonomously into an epidermal cell in an environment that is neutral with respect to the developmental pathway; upon specification, the cell fate can be reversed.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0010056atrichoblast fate specification
GO:0060892limb basal epidermal cell fate specification
GO:0060893limb granular cell fate specification
GO:0060894limb spinous cell fate specification

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0001708cell fate specification