AmiGO 2: Term Details for "biological phase" (GO:0044848)

Accession: GO:0044848
Name: biological phase
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A distinct period or stage in a biological process or cycle. Source: GOC:jl
Comment: Note that phases are is_a disjoint from other biological processes. happens_during relationships can operate between phases and other biological processes e.g. DNA replication happens_during S phase.
History: See term history for GO:0044848 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: gocheck_do_not_annotate
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to biological phase (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to biological phase (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for biological phase (excluding "regulates").

Include "regulates"
For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
biological phase	is_a	biological_process (GO:0008150)

subject	relation	object
cell cycle phase (GO:0022403)	is_a	biological phase
estrous cycle phase (GO:0060206)	is_a	biological phase
menstrual cycle phase (GO:0022601)	is_a	biological phase
reproductive senescence (GO:1990636)	is_a	biological phase
hair cycle phase (GO:0044851)	is_a	biological phase
single-celled organism vegetative growth phase (GO:0072690)	is_a	biological phase

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