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Accession
GO:0007389
Name
pattern specification process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
pattern biosynthesis, pattern formation
Alternate IDs
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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. Source: GOC:isa_complete, GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0521436125
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History
See term history for GO:0007389 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
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Subset
goslim_drosophila
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Parents of pattern specification process (GO:0007389)
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pattern specification process [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  multicellular organism development (GO:0007275)
pattern specification process [is_a relation] is_a  multicellular organismal process (GO:0032501)
pattern specification process [RO:0002162 relation] RO:0002162  cellular organisms (NCBITaxon:131567)
Children of pattern specification process (GO:0007389)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
ommatidial rotation (GO:0016318) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
pattern specification involved in kidney development (GO:0061004) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
axis specification (GO:0009798) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
head segmentation (GO:0035287) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
regionalization (GO:0003002) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
maintenance of left/right asymmetry (GO:0061968) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
imaginal disc lineage restriction (GO:0035161) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
neural plate pattern specification (GO:0060896) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
internode patterning (GO:0080006) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
segment specification (GO:0007379) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
renal system pattern specification (GO:0072048) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
intracellular mRNA localization involved in pattern specification process (GO:0060810) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pattern specification process
cell fate commitment involved in pattern specification (GO:0060581) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pattern specification process
lung pattern specification process (GO:0060432) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
specification of axis polarity (GO:0065001) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
embryonic pattern specification (GO:0009880) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
regulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye (GO:0045468) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
specification of symmetry (GO:0009799) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
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