Term Information

Accession
GO:0007389
Name
pattern specification process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
pattern biosynthesis, pattern formation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Any developmental process that results in the creation of defined areas or spaces within an organism to which cells respond and eventually are instructed to differentiate. Source: GOC:isa_complete, GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0521436125
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0007389 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_drosophila
Feedback
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Parents of pattern specification process (GO:0007389)
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pattern specification process [is_a relation] is_a  multicellular organismal process (GO:0032501)
pattern specification process [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  multicellular organism development (GO:0007275)
Children of pattern specification process (GO:0007389)
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neural plate pattern specification (GO:0060896) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
segment specification (GO:0007379) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
regulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye (GO:0045468) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
regionalization (GO:0003002) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
cell fate commitment involved in pattern specification (GO:0060581) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pattern specification process
embryonic pattern specification (GO:0009880) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
ommatidial rotation (GO:0016318) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
pattern specification involved in kidney development (GO:0061004) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
maintenance of left/right asymmetry (GO:0061968) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
intracellular mRNA localization involved in pattern specification process (GO:0060810) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pattern specification process
head segmentation (GO:0035287) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
lung pattern specification process (GO:0060432) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
specification of symmetry (GO:0009799) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
imaginal disc lineage restriction (GO:0035161) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
specification of axis polarity (GO:0065001) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
internode patterning (GO:0080006) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
axis specification (GO:0009798) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
renal system pattern specification (GO:0072048) [is_a relation] is_a  pattern specification process
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