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GO term:pattern specification process
Synonym: pattern biosynthesis
Synonym: pattern formation
GO id:GO:0007389
Definition:Any developmental process that results in the creation of defined areas or spaces within an organism to which cells respond and eventually are instructed to differentiate.
Number of paths to term: 6

is-adenotes an 'is-a' relationship
part-ofdenotes a 'part-of' relationship
regulatesdenotes a 'regulates' relationship
positively-regulatesdenotes a 'positively-regulates' relationship
negatively-regulatesdenotes a 'negatively-regulates' relationship


Gene_Ontology
        is-abiological_process
                is-adevelopmental process
                        is-amulticellular organismal development
                                part-ofabscission +
                                part-ofappendage development +
                                part-ofcell competition in a multicellular organism
                                part-ofcellularization +
                                part-ofcuticle development +
                                part-ofdevelopment of primary sexual characteristics +
                                part-ofdevelopment of secondary sexual characteristics +
                                part-ofeclosion +
                                part-ofembryo development +
                                part-ofembryo implantation +
                                part-offemale sex determination +
                                part-offemale sex differentiation +
                                part-offruit ripening +
                                is-agametophyte development +
                                part-ofgerm-line sex determination +
                                part-ofhatching +
                                part-ofmale sex determination +
                                part-ofmale sex differentiation +
                                part-ofmulticellular organismal aging +
                                part-ofmycelium development +
                                part-ofpattern specification process [GO:0007389] (425 genes, 940 annotations)
                                        is-aaxis specification +
                                        part-ofcell fate commitment involved in pattern specification +
                                        is-aembryonic pattern specification +
                                        is-ahead segmentation +
                                        is-aimaginal disc lineage restriction +
                                        is-ainternode patterning
                                        part-ofintracellular mRNA localization involved in pattern specification process +
                                        is-alung pattern specification process +
                                        is-aneural plate pattern specification +
                                        is-aommatidial rotation
                                        is-apattern specification involved in kidney development +
                                        is-apatterning of blood vessels
                                        is-apatterning of lymph vessels
                                        is-aregionalization +
                                        is-aregulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye +
                                        is-arenal system pattern specification +
                                        is-asegment specification +
                                        is-aspecification of axis polarity +
                                        is-aspecification of symmetry +
                                part-ofpolyphenic determination +
                                part-ofpost-embryonic development +
                                part-ofprimary sex determination +
                                part-ofprocesses downstream of sex determination signal +
                                regulatesregulation of multicellular organismal development +
                                part-ofsomatic sex determination +
                                part-ofsystem development +
                                part-oftube development +


Gene_Ontology
        is-abiological_process
                is-adevelopmental process
                        is-aabscission +
                        is-aage-dependent behavioral decline
                        is-aanatomical structure development +
                        is-aanatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis +
                        is-aanatomical structure morphogenesis +
                        is-acellular developmental process +
                        is-adevelopment involved in symbiotic interaction +
                        is-adevelopmental pigmentation +
                        is-adevelopmental process involved in reproduction +
                        is-adormancy process +
                        is-ainnervation +
                        is-akeratinization +
                        is-amegagametogenesis +
                        is-ameristem determinacy +
                        is-ameristem maintenance +
                        is-amicrogametogenesis +
                        is-amidbrain-hindbrain boundary maturation during brain development
                        is-amidbrain-hindbrain boundary maturation during neural plate development
                        is-amulticellular organismal development +
                        is-amuscle attachment +
                        negatively-regulatesnegative regulation of developmental process +
                        is-aorganism emergence from protective structure +
                        is-aotolith tethering
                        is-apattern specification process [GO:0007389] (425 genes, 940 annotations)
                                is-aaxis specification +
                                part-ofcell fate commitment involved in pattern specification +
                                is-aembryonic pattern specification +
                                is-ahead segmentation +
                                is-aimaginal disc lineage restriction +
                                is-ainternode patterning
                                part-ofintracellular mRNA localization involved in pattern specification process +
                                is-alung pattern specification process +
                                is-aneural plate pattern specification +
                                is-aommatidial rotation
                                is-apattern specification involved in kidney development +
                                is-apatterning of blood vessels
                                is-apatterning of lymph vessels
                                is-aregionalization +
                                is-aregulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye +
                                is-arenal system pattern specification +
                                is-asegment specification +
                                is-aspecification of axis polarity +
                                is-aspecification of symmetry +
                        is-apolyphenic determination +
                        positively-regulatespositive regulation of developmental process +
                        is-apost-embryonic development +
                        is-apseudocleavage +
                        is-apupariation
                        is-apupation
                        regulatesregulation of developmental process +
                        is-asingle-organism developmental process +
                        is-aspore germination +
                        is-astem cell maintenance +


Gene_Ontology
        is-abiological_process
                is-amulticellular organismal process
                        is-asingle-multicellular organism process
                                is-amulticellular organismal development
                                        part-ofabscission +
                                        part-ofappendage development +
                                        part-ofcell competition in a multicellular organism
                                        part-ofcellularization +
                                        part-ofcuticle development +
                                        part-ofdevelopment of primary sexual characteristics +
                                        part-ofdevelopment of secondary sexual characteristics +
                                        part-ofeclosion +
                                        part-ofembryo development +
                                        part-ofembryo implantation +
                                        part-offemale sex determination +
                                        part-offemale sex differentiation +
                                        part-offruit ripening +
                                        is-agametophyte development +
                                        part-ofgerm-line sex determination +
                                        part-ofhatching +
                                        part-ofmale sex determination +
                                        part-ofmale sex differentiation +
                                        part-ofmulticellular organismal aging +
                                        part-ofmycelium development +
                                        part-ofpattern specification process [GO:0007389] (425 genes, 940 annotations)
                                                is-aaxis specification +
                                                part-ofcell fate commitment involved in pattern specification +
                                                is-aembryonic pattern specification +
                                                is-ahead segmentation +
                                                is-aimaginal disc lineage restriction +
                                                is-ainternode patterning
                                                part-ofintracellular mRNA localization involved in pattern specification process +
                                                is-alung pattern specification process +
                                                is-aneural plate pattern specification +
                                                is-aommatidial rotation
                                                is-apattern specification involved in kidney development +
                                                is-apatterning of blood vessels
                                                is-apatterning of lymph vessels
                                                is-aregionalization +
                                                is-aregulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye +
                                                is-arenal system pattern specification +
                                                is-asegment specification +
                                                is-aspecification of axis polarity +
                                                is-aspecification of symmetry +
                                        part-ofpolyphenic determination +
                                        part-ofpost-embryonic development +
                                        part-ofprimary sex determination +
                                        part-ofprocesses downstream of sex determination signal +
                                        regulatesregulation of multicellular organismal development +
                                        part-ofsomatic sex determination +
                                        part-ofsystem development +
                                        part-oftube development +


Gene_Ontology
        is-abiological_process
                is-amulticellular organismal process
                        is-asingle-multicellular organism process
                                is-aadult behavior +
                                is-aage-dependent behavioral decline
                                is-abeta-amyloid clearance +
                                is-abud dormancy process
                                part-ofcell recognition +
                                is-acircadian regulation of gene expression
                                is-acircadian regulation of heart rate +
                                is-acircadian regulation of translation
                                is-acoagulation +
                                is-acytokine production +
                                is-adetermination of adult lifespan +
                                is-adigestion +
                                is-ahatching behavior
                                is-ainnervation +
                                is-akeratinization +
                                is-alarval behavior +
                                is-amegagametogenesis +
                                is-ameristem determinacy +
                                is-ameristem maintenance +
                                is-amicrogametogenesis +
                                is-amidbrain-hindbrain boundary maturation during brain development
                                is-amidbrain-hindbrain boundary maturation during neural plate development
                                is-amolting cycle +
                                is-amolting cycle process +
                                is-amorphogenesis of a branching structure +
                                is-amulticellular organism adhesion +
                                is-amulticellular organism growth +
                                is-amulticellular organismal development +
                                is-amulticellular organismal homeostasis +
                                is-amulticellular organismal metabolic process +
                                is-amulticellular organismal movement +
                                is-amulticellular organismal response to stress +
                                is-amulticellular organismal signaling +
                                is-amuscle attachment +
                                negatively-regulatesnegative regulation of multicellular organismal process +
                                is-aneurotrophin production +
                                is-aorgan growth +
                                is-aorganism emergence from protective structure +
                                is-aossification +
                                is-aotolith tethering
                                is-apattern specification process [GO:0007389] (425 genes, 940 annotations)
                                        is-aaxis specification +
                                        part-ofcell fate commitment involved in pattern specification +
                                        is-aembryonic pattern specification +
                                        is-ahead segmentation +
                                        is-aimaginal disc lineage restriction +
                                        is-ainternode patterning
                                        part-ofintracellular mRNA localization involved in pattern specification process +
                                        is-alung pattern specification process +
                                        is-aneural plate pattern specification +
                                        is-aommatidial rotation
                                        is-apattern specification involved in kidney development +
                                        is-apatterning of blood vessels
                                        is-apatterning of lymph vessels
                                        is-aregionalization +
                                        is-aregulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye +
                                        is-arenal system pattern specification +
                                        is-asegment specification +
                                        is-aspecification of axis polarity +
                                        is-aspecification of symmetry +
                                is-apigment accumulation in tissues +
                                is-aplasma lipoprotein particle clearance +
                                is-aplasma lipoprotein particle organization +
                                is-apollen germination
                                is-apolyphenic determination +
                                positively-regulatespositive regulation of multicellular organismal process +
                                is-apost-embryonic development +
                                is-aprimary growth
                                is-aproduction of molecular mediator involved in inflammatory response +
                                is-apseudocleavage +
                                is-apupariation
                                is-apupation
                                is-aregulation of body fluid levels +
                                is-arespiratory gaseous exchange +
                                is-aresponse to dietary excess +
                                is-ascab formation
                                is-asecretion by tissue +
                                is-aseed dormancy process +
                                is-aseed germination +
                                is-asleep +
                                is-astem cell maintenance +
                                is-asystem process +
                                is-atissue migration +
                                is-atissue remodeling +
                                is-atransforming growth factor beta activation +
                                is-atropism +
                                is-avascular transport +
                                is-avibrational conductance of sound to the inner ear
                                is-avisual behavior +


Gene_Ontology
        is-abiological_process
                is-asingle-organism process
                        is-asingle-multicellular organism process
                                is-amulticellular organismal development
                                        part-ofabscission +
                                        part-ofappendage development +
                                        part-ofcell competition in a multicellular organism
                                        part-ofcellularization +
                                        part-ofcuticle development +
                                        part-ofdevelopment of primary sexual characteristics +
                                        part-ofdevelopment of secondary sexual characteristics +
                                        part-ofeclosion +
                                        part-ofembryo development +
                                        part-ofembryo implantation +
                                        part-offemale sex determination +
                                        part-offemale sex differentiation +
                                        part-offruit ripening +
                                        is-agametophyte development +
                                        part-ofgerm-line sex determination +
                                        part-ofhatching +
                                        part-ofmale sex determination +
                                        part-ofmale sex differentiation +
                                        part-ofmulticellular organismal aging +
                                        part-ofmycelium development +
                                        part-ofpattern specification process [GO:0007389] (425 genes, 940 annotations)
                                                is-aaxis specification +
                                                part-ofcell fate commitment involved in pattern specification +
                                                is-aembryonic pattern specification +
                                                is-ahead segmentation +
                                                is-aimaginal disc lineage restriction +
                                                is-ainternode patterning
                                                part-ofintracellular mRNA localization involved in pattern specification process +
                                                is-alung pattern specification process +
                                                is-aneural plate pattern specification +
                                                is-aommatidial rotation
                                                is-apattern specification involved in kidney development +
                                                is-apatterning of blood vessels
                                                is-apatterning of lymph vessels
                                                is-aregionalization +
                                                is-aregulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye +
                                                is-arenal system pattern specification +
                                                is-asegment specification +
                                                is-aspecification of axis polarity +
                                                is-aspecification of symmetry +
                                        part-ofpolyphenic determination +
                                        part-ofpost-embryonic development +
                                        part-ofprimary sex determination +
                                        part-ofprocesses downstream of sex determination signal +
                                        regulatesregulation of multicellular organismal development +
                                        part-ofsomatic sex determination +
                                        part-ofsystem development +
                                        part-oftube development +


Gene_Ontology
        is-abiological_process
                is-asingle-organism process
                        is-asingle-multicellular organism process
                                is-aadult behavior +
                                is-aage-dependent behavioral decline
                                is-abeta-amyloid clearance +
                                is-abud dormancy process
                                part-ofcell recognition +
                                is-acircadian regulation of gene expression
                                is-acircadian regulation of heart rate +
                                is-acircadian regulation of translation
                                is-acoagulation +
                                is-acytokine production +
                                is-adetermination of adult lifespan +
                                is-adigestion +
                                is-ahatching behavior
                                is-ainnervation +
                                is-akeratinization +
                                is-alarval behavior +
                                is-amegagametogenesis +
                                is-ameristem determinacy +
                                is-ameristem maintenance +
                                is-amicrogametogenesis +
                                is-amidbrain-hindbrain boundary maturation during brain development
                                is-amidbrain-hindbrain boundary maturation during neural plate development
                                is-amolting cycle +
                                is-amolting cycle process +
                                is-amorphogenesis of a branching structure +
                                is-amulticellular organism adhesion +
                                is-amulticellular organism growth +
                                is-amulticellular organismal development +
                                is-amulticellular organismal homeostasis +
                                is-amulticellular organismal metabolic process +
                                is-amulticellular organismal movement +
                                is-amulticellular organismal response to stress +
                                is-amulticellular organismal signaling +
                                is-amuscle attachment +
                                negatively-regulatesnegative regulation of multicellular organismal process +
                                is-aneurotrophin production +
                                is-aorgan growth +
                                is-aorganism emergence from protective structure +
                                is-aossification +
                                is-aotolith tethering
                                is-apattern specification process [GO:0007389] (425 genes, 940 annotations)
                                        is-aaxis specification +
                                        part-ofcell fate commitment involved in pattern specification +
                                        is-aembryonic pattern specification +
                                        is-ahead segmentation +
                                        is-aimaginal disc lineage restriction +
                                        is-ainternode patterning
                                        part-ofintracellular mRNA localization involved in pattern specification process +
                                        is-alung pattern specification process +
                                        is-aneural plate pattern specification +
                                        is-aommatidial rotation
                                        is-apattern specification involved in kidney development +
                                        is-apatterning of blood vessels
                                        is-apatterning of lymph vessels
                                        is-aregionalization +
                                        is-aregulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye +
                                        is-arenal system pattern specification +
                                        is-asegment specification +
                                        is-aspecification of axis polarity +
                                        is-aspecification of symmetry +
                                is-apigment accumulation in tissues +
                                is-aplasma lipoprotein particle clearance +
                                is-aplasma lipoprotein particle organization +
                                is-apollen germination
                                is-apolyphenic determination +
                                positively-regulatespositive regulation of multicellular organismal process +
                                is-apost-embryonic development +
                                is-aprimary growth
                                is-aproduction of molecular mediator involved in inflammatory response +
                                is-apseudocleavage +
                                is-apupariation
                                is-apupation
                                is-aregulation of body fluid levels +
                                is-arespiratory gaseous exchange +
                                is-aresponse to dietary excess +
                                is-ascab formation
                                is-asecretion by tissue +
                                is-aseed dormancy process +
                                is-aseed germination +
                                is-asleep +
                                is-astem cell maintenance +
                                is-asystem process +
                                is-atissue migration +
                                is-atissue remodeling +
                                is-atransforming growth factor beta activation +
                                is-atropism +
                                is-avascular transport +
                                is-avibrational conductance of sound to the inner ear
                                is-avisual behavior +


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