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adrenal cortex development

Term Information

Accession
GO:0035801
Name
adrenal cortex development
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
adrenal gland cortex development
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the adrenal cortex over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The adrenal cortex is located at the periphery of the adrenal gland and controls glucose and electrolyte metabolism, response to stress and sexual development through the production of different classes of steroid hormones (glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids and androgens). Source: PMID:12185666, PMID:21115154, Wikipedia:Adrenal_cortex
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0035801 at QuickGO
Subset
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Feedback
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Parents of adrenal cortex development (GO:0035801)
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adrenal cortex development [is_a relation] is_a  anatomical structure development (GO:0048856)
adrenal cortex development [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  adrenal gland development (GO:0030325)
Children of adrenal cortex development (GO:0035801)
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adrenal cortex formation (GO:0035802) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  adrenal cortex development
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