Term Information

Accession
GO:0007595
Name
lactation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
milk secretion
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The regulated release of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0007595 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of lactation (GO:0007595)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
lactation [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  mammary gland development (GO:0030879)
lactation [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  milk ejection reflex (GO:0060156)
lactation [is_a relation] is_a  body fluid secretion (GO:0007589)
Children of lactation (GO:0007595)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
positive regulation of lactation (GO:1903489) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  lactation
regulation of lactation (GO:1903487) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  lactation
negative regulation of lactation (GO:1903488) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  lactation
milk ejection reflex (GO:0060156) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  lactation
Wikipedia
Lactation