Term Information

Accession
GO:0009948
Name
anterior/posterior axis specification
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
anterior/posterior axis determination
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The establishment, maintenance and elaboration of the anterior/posterior axis. The anterior-posterior axis is defined by a line that runs from the head or mouth of an organism to the tail or opposite end of the organism. Source: GOC:dph, GOC:tb, GOC:go_curators
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0009948 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
Comments, changes to terms, or requests for new ontology terms can be made at GO issue tracker on GitHub.

Filter results

Loading...
pending...
Parents of anterior/posterior axis specification (GO:0009948)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
anterior/posterior axis specification [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  anterior/posterior pattern specification (GO:0009952)
anterior/posterior axis specification [is_a relation] is_a  axis specification (GO:0009798)
Children of anterior/posterior axis specification (GO:0009948)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
polarity specification of anterior/posterior axis (GO:0009949) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  anterior/posterior axis specification
regulation of translation involved in anterior/posterior axis specification (GO:0060815) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  anterior/posterior axis specification
intracellular mRNA localization involved in anterior/posterior axis specification (GO:0060811) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  anterior/posterior axis specification
somite rostral/caudal axis specification (GO:0032525) [is_a relation] is_a  anterior/posterior axis specification
primitive streak formation (GO:0090009) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  anterior/posterior axis specification
oocyte anterior/posterior axis specification (GO:0007314) [is_a relation] is_a  anterior/posterior axis specification
epiblast cell-extraembryonic ectoderm cell signaling involved in anterior/posterior axis specification (GO:0060802) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  anterior/posterior axis specification
anterior/posterior axis specification, embryo (GO:0008595) [is_a relation] is_a  anterior/posterior axis specification
None.