FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term regionalization ID (Ontology) GO:0003002 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The pattern specification process that results in the subdivision of an axis or axes in space to define an area or volume in which specific patterns of cell differentiation will take place or in which cells interpret a specific environment.
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                                    pattern specification process
                                     |__regionalization  536 rec.
                                         |__adaxial/abaxial pattern specification
                                         |   |__adaxial/abaxial axis specification(+)
                                         |   |__regulation of adaxial/abaxial pattern formation
                                         |__anterior/posterior pattern specification 220 rec.
                                         |   |__anterior region determination 2 rec.
                                         |   |__anterior/posterior axis specification(+) 161 rec.
                                         |   |__anterior/posterior pattern specification involved in kidney development(+)
                                         |   |__anterior/posterior pattern specification, imaginal disc(+) 27 rec.
                                         |   |__compartment pattern specification(+) 10 rec.
                                         |   |__embryonic heart tube anterior/posterior pattern specification(+) 3 rec.
                                         |   |__forebrain anterior/posterior pattern specification
                                         |   |__foregut regionalization(+)
                                         |   |__neural plate anterior/posterior regionalization(+)
                                         |   |__periodic partitioning by pair rule gene 8 rec.
                                         |   |__posterior abdomen determination 1 rec.
                                         |   |__rostrocaudal neural tube patterning(+)
                                         |   |__somitogenesis(+)
                                         |   |__spinal cord anterior/posterior patterning(+)
                                         |   |__thorax and anterior abdomen determination
                                         |__bud field specification
                                         |__centrolateral pattern formation
                                         |   |__centrolateral axis specification
                                         |__cerebral cortex regionalization
                                         |__chorion-containing eggshell pattern formation 12 rec.
                                         |__cuticle pattern formation 37 rec.
                                         |   |__adult chitin-based cuticle pattern formation 1 rec.
                                         |   |__chitin-based larval cuticle pattern formation 20 rec.
                                         |__dorsal/ventral pattern formation 155 rec.
                                         |   |__determination of dorsal identity(+) 3 rec.
                                         |   |__determination of dorsal/ventral asymmetry(+) 6 rec.
                                         |   |__determination of ventral identity 1 rec.
                                         |   |__dorsal/ventral axis specification(+) 74 rec.
                                         |   |__dorsal/ventral neural tube patterning(+)
                                         |   |__dorsal/ventral pattern formation, imaginal disc(+) 59 rec.
                                         |   |__embryonic heart tube dorsal/ventral pattern formation
                                         |   |__forebrain dorsal/ventral pattern formation
                                         |   |__spinal cord dorsal/ventral patterning(+)
                                         |__forebrain regionalization
                                         |   |__forebrain anterior/posterior pattern specification
                                         |   |__forebrain dorsal/ventral pattern formation
                                         |   |__telencephalon regionalization
                                         |__formation of animal organ boundary 45 rec.
                                         |   |__salivary gland boundary specification(+) 19 rec.
                                         |   |__sensory organ boundary specification(+) 26 rec.
                                         |__ground tissue pattern formation
                                         |__imaginal disc pattern formation 114 rec.
                                         |   |__anterior/posterior pattern specification, imaginal disc(+) 27 rec.
                                         |   |__dorsal/ventral pattern formation, imaginal disc(+) 59 rec.
                                         |   |__genital disc pattern formation(+) 8 rec.
                                         |   |__imaginal disc lineage restriction(+) 6 rec.
                                         |   |__leg disc pattern formation(+) 20 rec.
                                         |   |__proximal/distal pattern formation, imaginal disc(+) 19 rec.
                                         |   |__wing disc pattern formation(+) 83 rec.
                                         |__imaginal disc-derived wing vein specification 58 rec.
                                         |   |__regulation of imaginal disc-derived wing vein specification(+) 5 rec.
                                         |__left/right pattern formation 19 rec.
                                         |   |__determination of left/right symmetry(+) 18 rec.
                                         |   |__embryonic heart tube left/right pattern formation
                                         |   |__left/right axis specification 1 rec.
                                         |__limb epidermis stratification
                                         |   |__limb basal epidermal cell fate specification
                                         |   |__limb granular cell fate specification
                                         |   |__limb spinous cell fate specification
                                         |__midbrain-hindbrain boundary initiation
                                         |__neural plate regionalization
                                         |   |__eye field cell fate commitment involved in camera-type eye formation
                                         |   |__neural plate anterior/posterior regionalization(+)
                                         |   |__neural plate mediolateral regionalization
                                         |__neural tube patterning
                                         |   |__dorsal/ventral neural tube patterning(+)
                                         |   |__rostrocaudal neural tube patterning(+)
                                         |__periodic partitioning 49 rec.
                                         |   |__periodic partitioning by pair rule gene 8 rec.
                                         |   |__segment polarity determination 39 rec.
                                         |__petal epidermis patterning
                                         |__proximal/distal pattern formation 26 rec.
                                         |   |__leaf proximal/distal pattern formation
                                         |   |__maintenance of imaginal disc-derived wing hair orientation 3 rec.
                                         |   |__proximal/distal axis specification(+) 3 rec.
                                         |   |__proximal/distal pattern formation involved in nephron development(+)
                                         |   |__proximal/distal pattern formation, imaginal disc(+) 19 rec.
                                         |__R8 cell-mediated photoreceptor organization 2 rec.
                                         |__radial pattern formation
                                         |   |__determination of radial symmetry
                                         |   |__phyllotactic patterning(+)
                                         |   |__radial axis specification
                                         |   |__regulation of radial pattern formation
                                         |   |__root radial pattern formation
                                         |__regionalization involved in semicircular canal formation
                                         |__renal capsule specification
                                         |   |__mesonephric capsule specification
                                         |   |__metanephric capsule specification
                                         |__segmentation 267 rec.
                                         |   |__appendage segmentation(+) 25 rec.
                                         |   |__blastoderm segmentation(+) 222 rec.
                                         |   |__brain segmentation 5 rec.
                                         |   |__central nervous system segmentation(+) 5 rec.
                                         |   |__renal system segmentation
                                         |   |__segment specification(+) 38 rec.
                                         |   |__somitogenesis(+)
                                         |   |__trunk segmentation(+) 16 rec.
                                         |__specification of animal organ identity 4 rec.
                                         |   |__heart field specification(+)
                                         |   |__kidney field specification(+)
                                         |   |__lung field specification
                                         |   |__mammary gland specification(+)
                                         |   |__pancreas field specification
                                         |   |__prostate field specification
                                         |__specification of animal organ position
                                         |__specification of ovule identity
                                         |__specification of plant organ identity
                                         |   |__specification of floral organ identity(+)
                                         |__specification of plant organ number
                                         |   |__specification of floral organ number(+)
                                         |__specification of plant organ position
                                         |__spinal cord patterning
                                         |   |__spinal cord anterior/posterior patterning(+)
                                         |   |__spinal cord dorsal/ventral patterning(+)
                                         |__stomatal complex patterning
                                         |   |__regulation of stomatal complex patterning
                                         |__telencephalon regionalization
                                         |   |__cerebral cortex regionalization
                                         |__trichome patterning
                                         |   |__regulation of trichome patterning(+)
                                         |__tripartite regional subdivision 141 rec.
                                         |   |__anterior/posterior axis specification, embryo(+) 141 rec.
                                         |__ventral midline determination
                                         |__vertebrate eye-specific patterning
                                         |__wing and notum subfield formation 13 rec.
                                         |   |__notum cell fate specification 5 rec.
                                         |   |__wing cell fate specification 3 rec.
                                         |__xylem and phloem pattern formation
                                             |__cotyledon vascular tissue pattern formation
                                             |__leaf vascular tissue pattern formation
                                             |__petal vascular tissue pattern formation
                                             |__sepal vascular tissue pattern formation
                                             |__stem vascular tissue pattern formation
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