FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term pattern specification process ID (Ontology) GO:0007389 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Any developmental process that results in the creation of defined areas or spaces within an organism to which cells respond and eventually are instructed to differentiate.[ ISBN:0521436125 ]
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      12
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 pattern specification process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      12
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   |__multicellular organismal process
       |__pattern specification process  565 rec.
           |__axis specification 223 rec.
           |   |__adaxial/abaxial axis specification
           |   |__anterior/posterior axis specification(+) 161 rec.
           |   |__anterior/posterior axis specification, follicular epithelium 3 rec.
           |   |__centrolateral axis specification
           |   |__dorsal/ventral axis specification(+) 74 rec.
           |   |__embryonic axis specification(+) 144 rec.
           |   |__establishment of anatomical structure orientation(+)
           |   |__growth plate cartilage axis specification
           |   |__left/right axis specification 1 rec.
           |   |__oocyte axis specification(+) 147 rec.
           |   |__proximal/distal axis specification(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__radial axis specification
           |__embryonic pattern specification 238 rec.
           |   |__blastoderm segmentation 222 rec.
           |   |__embryonic axis specification(+) 144 rec.
           |   |__somite specification
           |   |__terminal region determination 17 rec.
           |__head segmentation 21 rec.
           |   |__anterior head segmentation 8 rec.
           |   |__posterior head segmentation 13 rec.
           |__imaginal disc lineage restriction 6 rec.
           |   |__anterior/posterior lineage restriction, imaginal disc(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__dorsal/ventral lineage restriction, imaginal disc 2 rec.
           |__internode patterning
           |__lung pattern specification process
           |   |__lung proximal/distal axis specification
           |__maintenance of left/right asymmetry
           |   |__maintenance of left sidedness
           |   |__maintenance of right sidedness
           |__neural plate pattern specification
           |   |__neural plate regionalization(+)
           |__ommatidial rotation 31 rec.
           |__pattern specification involved in kidney development
           |   |__anterior/posterior pattern specification involved in kidney development(+)
           |   |__kidney field specification(+)
           |   |__pattern specification involved in mesonephros development(+)
           |   |__pattern specification involved in metanephros development(+)
           |   |__pattern specification involved in pronephros development(+)
           |   |__proximal/distal pattern formation involved in nephron development(+)
           |   |__renal capsule specification(+)
           |   |__specification of nephron tubule identity(+)
           |__regionalization 536 rec.
           |   |__adaxial/abaxial pattern specification
           |   |__anterior/posterior pattern specification(+) 220 rec.
           |   |__bud field specification
           |   |__centrolateral pattern formation
           |   |__cerebral cortex regionalization
           |   |__chorion-containing eggshell pattern formation 12 rec.
           |   |__cuticle pattern formation(+) 37 rec.
           |   |__dorsal/ventral pattern formation(+) 155 rec.
           |   |__forebrain regionalization
           |   |__formation of animal organ boundary(+) 45 rec.
           |   |__ground tissue pattern formation
           |   |__imaginal disc pattern formation(+) 114 rec.
           |   |__imaginal disc-derived wing vein specification 58 rec.
           |   |__left/right pattern formation(+) 19 rec.
           |   |__limb epidermis stratification
           |   |__midbrain-hindbrain boundary initiation
           |   |__neural plate regionalization(+)
           |   |__neural tube patterning
           |   |__periodic partitioning(+) 49 rec.
           |   |__petal epidermis patterning
           |   |__proximal/distal pattern formation(+) 26 rec.
           |   |__R8 cell-mediated photoreceptor organization 2 rec.
           |   |__radial pattern formation(+)
           |   |__regionalization involved in semicircular canal formation
           |   |__renal capsule specification(+)
           |   |__segmentation(+) 267 rec.
           |   |__specification of animal organ identity(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__specification of animal organ position
           |   |__specification of ovule identity
           |   |__specification of plant organ identity(+)
           |   |__specification of plant organ number(+)
           |   |__specification of plant organ position
           |   |__spinal cord patterning
           |   |__stomatal complex patterning
           |   |__telencephalon regionalization
           |   |__trichome patterning
           |   |__tripartite regional subdivision 141 rec.
           |   |__ventral midline determination
           |   |__vertebrate eye-specific patterning
           |   |__wing and notum subfield formation 13 rec.
           |   |__xylem and phloem pattern formation(+)
           |__regulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye
           |   |__negative regulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye
           |   |__positive regulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye
           |__renal system pattern specification
           |   |__metanephric cap specification
           |   |__renal system segmentation
           |__segment specification 38 rec.
           |   |__somite specification
           |   |__specification of nephron tubule identity(+)
           |   |__specification of segmental identity, head(+) 11 rec.
           |   |__specification of segmental identity, trunk(+) 8 rec.
           |__specification of axis polarity 8 rec.
           |   |__polarity specification of adaxial/abaxial axis
           |   |__polarity specification of anterior/posterior axis 5 rec.
           |   |__polarity specification of dorsal/ventral axis 6 rec.
           |   |__polarity specification of proximal/distal axis 2 rec.
           |   |__specification of animal organ axis polarity
           |   |__specification of plant organ axis polarity
           |__specification of symmetry 25 rec.
               |__determination of bilateral symmetry(+) 25 rec.
               |__determination of radial symmetry
               |__specification of ureteric bud anterior/posterior symmetry
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  • "pattern biosynthesis" RELATED
    "pattern formation" RELATED
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