FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term multicellular organism development ID (Ontology) GO:0007275 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a multicellular organism over time from an initial condition (e.g. a zygote or a young adult) to a later condition (e.g. a multicellular animal or an aged adult).
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       1
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 |__multicellular organismal process__
developmental process                 |
 |__anatomical structure development__|
                                      multicellular organism development  2715 rec.
                                       |__abscission
                                       |   |__cell wall modification involved in abscission(+)
                                       |   |__cell wall polysaccharide catabolic process involved in abscission
                                       |   |__floral organ abscission(+)
                                       |   |__fruit abscission
                                       |   |__leaf abscission
                                       |   |__seed abscission
                                       |__appendage development 374 rec.
                                       |   |__appendage morphogenesis(+) 366 rec.
                                       |   |__fin development(+)
                                       |   |__imaginal disc-derived appendage development(+) 371 rec.
                                       |   |__limb development(+)
                                       |__cell competition in a multicellular organism 20 rec.
                                       |__cellularization 120 rec.
                                       |   |__embryo sac cellularization
                                       |   |__endosperm cellularization
                                       |   |__pole cell formation 22 rec.
                                       |   |__sperm individualization(+) 62 rec.
                                       |   |__syncytial embryo cellularization 7 rec.
                                       |__cuticle development 250 rec.
                                       |   |__chitin-based cuticle development(+) 205 rec.
                                       |   |__collagen and cuticulin-based cuticle development(+)
                                       |   |__cuticle hydrocarbon biosynthetic process 5 rec.
                                       |   |__cuticle pattern formation(+) 37 rec.
                                       |   |__cuticle pigmentation(+) 19 rec.
                                       |__development of primary sexual characteristics 61 rec.
                                       |   |__development of primary female sexual characteristics(+) 12 rec.
                                       |   |__development of primary male sexual characteristics(+) 9 rec.
                                       |   |__gonad development(+) 61 rec.
                                       |__eclosion 19 rec.
                                       |   |__eclosion rhythm 9 rec.
                                       |   |__regulation of eclosion(+) 7 rec.
                                       |__embryo development 765 rec.
                                       |   |__embryo development ending in birth or egg hatching(+) 362 rec.
                                       |   |__embryo development ending in seed dormancy(+)
                                       |   |__embryonic cleavage 10 rec.
                                       |   |__embryonic morphogenesis(+) 289 rec.
                                       |   |__embryonic organ development(+) 57 rec.
                                       |   |__embryonic pattern specification(+) 238 rec.
                                       |   |__mitotic cell cycle, embryonic(+) 42 rec.
                                       |   |__morula development
                                       |   |__pseudocleavage(+) 10 rec.
                                       |   |__regulation of embryonic development(+) 50 rec.
                                       |   |__somite development(+)
                                       |   |__syncytial embryo cellularization 7 rec.
                                       |__embryo implantation
                                       |   |__trophoblast cell migration(+)
                                       |__female sex determination 16 rec.
                                       |   |__female germ-line sex determination 6 rec.
                                       |   |__female somatic sex determination 4 rec.
                                       |__female sex differentiation 24 rec.
                                       |   |__development of primary female sexual characteristics(+) 12 rec.
                                       |   |__female genitalia development(+) 8 rec.
                                       |   |__female pigmentation(+) 1 rec.
                                       |__gametophyte development
                                       |   |__embryo sac development(+)
                                       |   |__pollen development(+)
                                       |__germ-line sex determination 16 rec.
                                       |   |__female germ-line sex determination 6 rec.
                                       |   |__hermaphrodite germ-line sex determination(+)
                                       |   |__male germ-line sex determination 7 rec.
                                       |   |__primary sex determination, germ-line(+) 13 rec.
                                       |__hatching 4 rec.
                                       |   |__blastocyst hatching
                                       |   |__hatching behavior 3 rec.
                                       |__instar larval or pupal development 639 rec.
                                       |   |__ecdysteroid metabolic process(+) 40 rec.
                                       |   |__instar larval development(+) 90 rec.
                                       |   |__instar larval or pupal morphogenesis(+) 478 rec.
                                       |   |__larval central nervous system remodeling 6 rec.
                                       |   |__prepupal development(+) 29 rec.
                                       |   |__pupal development(+) 44 rec.
                                       |__larval development 188 rec.
                                       |   |__amphibian larval development
                                       |   |__instar larval development(+) 90 rec.
                                       |   |__larval heart development 5 rec.
                                       |   |__larval lymph gland hemopoiesis(+) 33 rec.
                                       |   |__larval somatic muscle development(+) 57 rec.
                                       |   |__larval visceral muscle development 9 rec.
                                       |   |__nematode larval development(+)
                                       |__male sex determination 9 rec.
                                       |   |__male germ-line sex determination 7 rec.
                                       |   |__male somatic sex determination 2 rec.
                                       |__male sex differentiation 33 rec.
                                       |   |__development of primary male sexual characteristics(+) 9 rec.
                                       |   |__development of secondary male sexual characteristics
                                       |   |__male anatomical structure morphogenesis(+) 19 rec.
                                       |   |__male genitalia development(+) 23 rec.
                                       |   |__male pigmentation(+) 2 rec.
                                       |   |__Mullerian duct regression
                                       |__metamorphosis 505 rec.
                                       |   |__imaginal disc morphogenesis(+) 443 rec.
                                       |   |__larval midgut histolysis(+) 28 rec.
                                       |   |__salivary gland histolysis 11 rec.
                                       |__pattern specification process 565 rec.
                                       |   |__axis specification(+) 223 rec.
                                       |   |__cell fate commitment involved in pattern specification(+) 35 rec.
                                       |   |__embryonic pattern specification(+) 238 rec.
                                       |   |__head segmentation(+) 21 rec.
                                       |   |__imaginal disc lineage restriction(+) 6 rec.
                                       |   |__internode patterning
                                       |   |__intracellular mRNA localization involved in pattern specification process(+) 82 rec.
                                       |   |__lung pattern specification process(+)
                                       |   |__maintenance of left/right asymmetry(+)
                                       |   |__neural plate pattern specification(+)
                                       |   |__ommatidial rotation 31 rec.
                                       |   |__pattern specification involved in kidney development(+)
                                       |   |__regionalization(+) 536 rec.
                                       |   |__regulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye(+)
                                       |   |__renal system pattern specification(+)
                                       |   |__segment specification(+) 38 rec.
                                       |   |__specification of axis polarity(+) 8 rec.
                                       |   |__specification of symmetry(+) 25 rec.
                                       |__polyphenic determination
                                       |   |__caste determination(+)
                                       |   |__polyphenic determination, influence by environmental factors(+)
                                       |   |__polyphenic determination, influence by genetic factors(+)
                                       |__post-embryonic development 721 rec.
                                       |   |__acquisition of plant reproductive competence
                                       |   |__fruit replum development
                                       |   |__fruit septum development
                                       |   |__fruit valve development
                                       |   |__instar larval or pupal development 639 rec.
                                       |   |__larval development 188 rec.
                                       |   |__lateral root formation
                                       |   |__photomorphogenesis(+)
                                       |   |__post-embryonic animal morphogenesis(+) 493 rec.
                                       |   |__post-embryonic camera-type eye development(+)
                                       |   |__post-embryonic hemopoiesis(+) 33 rec.
                                       |   |__post-embryonic plant organ development(+)
                                       |   |__regulation of post-embryonic development(+) 5 rec.
                                       |   |__reproductive shoot system development(+)
                                       |   |__seed development(+)
                                       |   |__seedling development(+)
                                       |   |__skotomorphogenesis
                                       |   |__stomatal complex development(+)
                                       |   |__thermomorphogenesis(+)
                                       |   |__vegetative phase change(+)
                                       |   |__vegetative to reproductive phase transition of meristem(+)
                                       |__primary sex determination 21 rec.
                                       |   |__primary sex determination, germ-line(+) 13 rec.
                                       |   |__primary sex determination, soma(+) 11 rec.
                                       |__regulation of multicellular organismal development 289 rec.
                                       |   |__positive regulation of mammary placode formation by mesenchymal-epithelial signaling
                                       |   |__positive regulation of salivary gland formation by mesenchymal-epithelial signaling
                                       |   |__regulation of biomineral tissue development(+)
                                       |   |__regulation of bone development(+)
                                       |   |__regulation of cartilage development(+)
                                       |   |__regulation of chitin-based cuticle tanning(+) 1 rec.
                                       |   |__regulation of eclosion(+) 7 rec.
                                       |   |__regulation of embryo sac central cell differentiation(+)
                                       |   |__regulation of embryonic development(+) 50 rec.
                                       |   |__regulation of epithelial cell differentiation(+) 4 rec.
                                       |   |__regulation of epithelial tube formation(+)
                                       |   |__regulation of female gonad development(+)
                                       |   |__regulation of hair follicle development(+)
                                       |   |__regulation of heart growth(+)
                                       |   |__regulation of hemopoiesis(+) 12 rec.
                                       |   |__regulation of lactation(+)
                                       |   |__regulation of metaxylem development
                                       |   |__regulation of nervous system development(+) 220 rec.
                                       |   |__regulation of post-embryonic development(+) 5 rec.
                                       |   |__regulation of skeletal muscle tissue regeneration(+)
                                       |   |__regulation of vasculature development(+)
                                       |__somatic sex determination 18 rec.
                                       |   |__female somatic sex determination 4 rec.
                                       |   |__hermaphrodite somatic sex determination(+)
                                       |   |__male somatic sex determination 2 rec.
                                       |   |__primary sex determination, soma(+) 11 rec.
                                       |__system development 1695 rec.
                                       |   |__autonomic nervous system development(+)
                                       |   |__central nervous system development(+) 330 rec.
                                       |   |__circulatory system development(+) 110 rec.
                                       |   |__digestive system development(+) 117 rec.
                                       |   |__endocrine system development(+) 5 rec.
                                       |   |__enteric nervous system development
                                       |   |__exocrine system development(+) 103 rec.
                                       |   |__hepaticobiliary system development(+)
                                       |   |__immune system development(+) 53 rec.
                                       |   |__limbic system development(+)
                                       |   |__nervous system development(+) 1274 rec.
                                       |   |__parasympathetic nervous system development(+)
                                       |   |__peripheral nervous system development(+) 70 rec.
                                       |   |__pharyngeal system development(+)
                                       |   |__plant organ development(+)
                                       |   |__preganglionic parasympathetic fiber development(+)
                                       |   |__renal system development(+) 76 rec.
                                       |   |__reproductive system development(+) 91 rec.
                                       |   |__respiratory system development(+) 308 rec.
                                       |   |__root system development(+)
                                       |   |__sensory system development(+) 455 rec.
                                       |   |__shoot system development(+)
                                       |   |__skeletal system development(+)
                                       |   |__stomatogastric nervous system development 5 rec.
                                       |   |__sympathetic nervous system development(+)
                                       |   |__urogenital system development(+)
                                       |   |__vasculature development(+)
                                       |   |__ventricular system development(+)
                                       |__tube development 267 rec.
                                           |__collecting duct development(+)
                                           |__common bile duct development(+)
                                           |__digestive tract development(+) 117 rec.
                                           |__embryonic heart tube development(+) 24 rec.
                                           |__epididymis development
                                           |__long descending thin limb bend development(+)
                                           |__mesonephric tubule development(+)
                                           |__metanephric part of ureteric bud development(+)
                                           |__metanephric tubule development(+)
                                           |__nephric duct development(+)
                                           |__neural tube development(+)
                                           |__otic vesicle development(+)
                                           |__oviduct development(+)
                                           |__paramesonephric duct development
                                           |__prebend segment development(+)
                                           |__proximal convoluted tubule segment 1 development(+)
                                           |__proximal convoluted tubule segment 2 development(+)
                                           |__renal tubule development(+) 67 rec.
                                           |__respiratory tube development(+)
                                           |__semicircular canal development(+)
                                           |__seminal vesicle epithelium development(+)
                                           |__seminiferous tubule development
                                           |__tube morphogenesis(+) 192 rec.
                                           |__ureter development(+)
                                           |__ureter part of ureteric bud development
                                           |__urethra epithelium development
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