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GO term:developmental process
Synonym: development
GO id:GO:0032502
Definition:A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of an integrated living unit: an anatomical structure (which may be a subcellular structure, cell, tissue, or organ), or organism over time from an initial condition to a later condition.
Number of paths to term: 1

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-abiological adhesion +
                is-abiological regulation +
                is-acell killing +
                is-acellular component organization or biogenesis +
                is-acellular process +
                is-adevelopmental process [GO:0032502] (4309 genes, 19428 annotations)
                        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 +
                        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 +
                is-aestablishment of localization +
                is-agrowth +
                is-aimmune system process +
                is-alocalization +
                is-alocomotion +
                is-ametabolic process +
                is-amulti-organism process +
                is-amulticellular organismal process +
                negatively-regulatesnegative regulation of biological process +
                positively-regulatespositive regulation of biological process +
                regulatesregulation of biological process +
                is-areproduction +
                is-areproductive process +
                is-aresponse to stimulus +
                is-arhythmic process +
                is-asignaling +
                is-asingle-organism process +


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last database update
05/08/2013
MGI 5.13
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