Term Name: developmental induction
Synonyms:
Definition: A developmental process involving two tissues in which one tissue (the inducer) produces a signal that directs cell fate commitment of cells in the second tissue (the responder).
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0031128]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: Spemann organizer formation
is a type of: developmental process
has subtype: forebrain induction by the anterior neural ridge inductive cell-cell signaling lens induction in camera-type eye organ induction renal vesicle induction
has_part: cell-cell signaling involved in cell fate commitment