AmiGO 2: Term Details for "skin development" (GO:0043588)

Accession: GO:0043588
Name: skin development
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: animal skin development
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the skin over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The skin is the external membranous integument of an animal. In vertebrates the skin generally consists of two layers, an outer nonsensitive and nonvascular epidermis (cuticle or skarfskin) composed of cells which are constantly growing and multiplying in the deeper, and being thrown off in the superficial layers, as well as an inner vascular dermis (cutis, corium or true skin) composed mostly of connective tissue. Source: UBERON:0002097, GOC:jl
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0043588 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to skin development (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to skin development (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for skin development (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
skin epidermis development (GO:0098773)	BFO:0000050	skin development
sebaceous gland development (GO:0048733)	BFO:0000050	skin development
skin morphogenesis (GO:0043589)	BFO:0000050	skin development
keratinocyte differentiation (GO:0030216)	BFO:0000050	skin development

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