cell fate specification involved in pattern specification +
compound eye cone cell fate specification +
ectodermal cell fate specification +
endodermal cell fate specification +
endothelial cell fate specification +
eosinophil fate specification
epidermal cell fate specification +
epithelial cell type specification, open tracheal system +
glial cell fate specification +
mesodermal cell fate specification +
muscle cell fate specification +
myoblast fate specification +
negative regulation of cell fate specification +
neuroblast fate specification
neuron fate specification +
plant endodermal cell fate specification
plant epidermal cell fate specification +
positive regulation of cell fate specification +
regulation of cell fate specification +
skeletal muscle satellite cell fate specification
stem cell fate specification +
vulval cell fate determination
vulval cell fate specification
The process in which a cell becomes capable of differentiating autonomously into a nematode vulval cell in an environment that is neutral with respect to the developmental pathway; upon specification, the cell fate can be reversed. In nematodes, the vulva is formed from ventral epidermal cells during larval stages to give rise to a fully formed adult vulva, which is the egg-laying organ of female and hermaphrodite nematodes.