AmiGO 2: Term Details for "fat body development" (GO:0007503)

Accession: GO:0007503
Name: fat body development
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the fat body over time, from its formation to the mature structure. A fat body is an insect gland dorsal to the insect gut, with a function analogous to that of the vertebrate liver. It is a storage organ for fats, glycogen and protein and is a major site of intermediary metabolism. Source: ISBN:0582227089
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0007503 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to fat body development (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to fat body development (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for fat body development (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
larval fat body development (GO:0007504)	is_a	fat body development
adult fat body development (GO:0007505)	is_a	fat body development

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