Term Information

Accession
GO:0120302
Name
background adaptation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Any process in which an organism changes its pigmentation (lightening in response to a brighter environment or darkening in response to a dimmer environment) in response to a change in light intensity. Source: GOC:krc, GOC:cvs, PMID:29239123, PMID:32898924, PMID:10493760
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0120302 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of background adaptation (GO:0120302)
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background adaptation [is_a relation] is_a  regulation of pigmentation (GO:0120305)
background adaptation [is_a relation] is_a  response to light intensity (GO:0009642)
Children of background adaptation (GO:0120302)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
visually-mediated background adaptation (GO:0120303) [is_a relation] is_a  background adaptation
integument-mediated background adaptation (GO:0120304) [is_a relation] is_a  background adaptation
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