fusion cell fate specification

id: GO:0035156
name: fusion cell fate specification
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process in which a cell becomes capable of differentiating autonomously into a fusion cell in an environment that is neutral with respect to the developmental pathway; upon specification, the cell fate can be reversed. Fusion cells allow the interconnection of adjacent tracheal metameres during tracheal tube fusion.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0035153epithelial cell type specification, open tracheal system