FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term germ-band extension ID (Ontology) GO:0007377 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Elongation of the germ band on the ventral side of the embryo, accompanied by a halving in width. The elongation process pushes the posterior midgut invagination closed and compresses the amnioserosa further.[ ISBN:0879694238 ]
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      11
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 germ-band extension (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      11
     acts_upstream_of | germ-band extension       1
     involved_in | germ-band extension      10
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  anatomical structure morphogenesis
   |__embryonic morphogenesis
       |__germ-band extension  11 rec.
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Is a embryonic morphogenesis
Part of gastrulation involving germ band extension
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