AmiGO 2: Term Details for "convergent extension" (GO:0060026)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0060026
Name: convergent extension
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The morphogenetic process in which an epithelium narrows along one axis and lengthens in a perpendicular axis. Source: GOC:dph, PMID:12062082, GOC:dgf
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0060026 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to convergent extension (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to convergent extension (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for convergent extension (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0032502 developmental process
GO:0048856 anatomical structure development
GO:0009653 anatomical structure morphogenesis
GO:0009888 tissue development
GO:0060429 epithelium development
GO:0048729 tissue morphogenesis
GO:0002009 morphogenesis of an epithelium
GO:0060026 convergent extension
GO:0060028 convergent extension involved in axis elongation
GO:0060027 convergent extension involved in gastrulation
GO:0060029 convergent extension involved in organogenesis

Parents of convergent extension (GO:0060026)

subject	relation	object
convergent extension	is_a	morphogenesis of an epithelium (GO:0002009)

Children of convergent extension (GO:0060026)

subject	relation	object
convergent extension involved in gastrulation (GO:0060027)	is_a	convergent extension
convergent extension involved in axis elongation (GO:0060028)	is_a	convergent extension
convergent extension involved in organogenesis (GO:0060029)	is_a	convergent extension

Wikipedia: Convergent_extension