Term Name: heart induction
Synonyms:
Definition: The close range interaction between mesoderm and endoderm or ectoderm that causes cells to change their fates and specify the development of the heart.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0003129]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: endodermal-mesodermal cell signaling involved in heart induction mesodermal-endodermal cell signaling involved in heart induction
is a type of: organ induction regulation of heart morphogenesis
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of heart induction
positively regulated by: positive regulation of heart induction
positively regulates: heart field specification
regulated by: regulation of heart induction