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The formation of the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm during gastrulation. The formation of ectoderm during gastrulation. Process by which a cell becomes capable of differentiating autonomously into an ectoderm cell in an environment that is neutral with respect to the developmental pathway; upon specification, the cell fate can be reversed. The commitment of cells to specific cell fates and their capacity to differentiate into particular kinds of cells. Positional information is established through protein signals that emanate from a localized source within a cell (the initial one-cell zygote) or within a developmental field. The commitment of cells to specific cell fates of the endoderm, ectoderm and mesoderm as a part of gastrulation. The process whereby relatively unspecialized cells acquire specialized structural and/or functional features of an ectodermal cell. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate. Process by which a cell becomes capable of differentiating autonomously into an ectoderm cell regardless of its environment; upon determination, the cell fate cannot be reversed. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the ectoderm over time, from its formation to the mature structure. In animal embryos, the ectoderm is the outer germ layer of the embryo, formed during gastrulation. The process whereby relatively unspecialized cells, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cells, acquire specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize the cells, tissues, or organs of the mature organism or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state. The process by which a cell becomes committed to become part of the ectoderm.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: ectodermal cell fate commitment
Acc: GO:0001712
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process by which a cell becomes committed to become part of the ectoderm.
Synonyms:
  • ectoderm cell fate commitment
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 3 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 5 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0001712 - ectodermal cell fate commitment (interactive image map)
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