Term Information

Accession
GO:0007359
Name
posterior abdomen determination
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The regionalization process in which the posterior (abdominal) regions of the embryo are specified by the gap genes. Source: GOC:dph, http://fly.ebi.ac.uk/allied-data/lk/interactive-fly/aimain/1aahome.htm, GOC:isa_complete, ISBN:0879694238
Comment
Note that this process is exemplified in insects by the actions of the knirps gene product.
History
See term history for GO:0007359 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of posterior abdomen determination (GO:0007359)
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posterior abdomen determination [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  zygotic determination of anterior/posterior axis, embryo (GO:0007354)
posterior abdomen determination [is_a relation] is_a  anterior/posterior pattern specification (GO:0009952)

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