Term Information

Accession
GO:0001503
Name
ossification
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
bone biosynthesis, bone formation, osteogenesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The formation of bone or of a bony substance, or the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance. Source: GOC:mtg_mpo, PMID:17572649
Comment
Note that this term does not have a 'developmental process' parent because ossification isn't necessarily developmental, can also occur as part of bone remodeling. Instead use 'ossification involved in bone maturation ; GO:0043931'.
History
See term history for GO:0001503 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of ossification (GO:0001503)
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ossification [is_a relation] is_a  multicellular organismal process (GO:0032501)
Children of ossification (GO:0001503)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
intratendonous ossification (GO:0036077) [is_a relation] is_a  ossification
bone mineralization (GO:0030282) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  ossification
osteoblast differentiation (GO:0001649) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  ossification
ossification involved in bone maturation (GO:0043931) [is_a relation] is_a  ossification
ligamentous ossification (GO:0036076) [is_a relation] is_a  ossification
regulation of ossification (GO:0030278) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  ossification
positive regulation of ossification (GO:0045778) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  ossification
replacement ossification (GO:0036075) [is_a relation] is_a  ossification
negative regulation of ossification (GO:0030279) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  ossification
ossification involved in bone remodeling (GO:0043932) [is_a relation] is_a  ossification
direct ossification (GO:0036072) [is_a relation] is_a  ossification
Wikipedia
Ossification