FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term germ-band shortening ID (Ontology) GO:0007390 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The spreading of the amnioserosa from its compressed state to cover the whole of the dorsal surface. Initiating in the thorax and spreading posteriorly, it is accompanied by the transition from a parasegmental to segmental division of the embryo.[ PubMed:12147138 ]
Also Known As "germ-band retraction"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      20
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 germ-band shortening (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      20
     involved_in | germ-band shortening      20
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 |__embryonic morphogenesis_____________________________
embryo development                                      |
 |__embryonic morphogenesis_____________________________|
embryo development ending in birth or egg hatching      |
 |__embryonic development via the syncytial blastoderm__|
                                                        germ-band shortening  20 rec.
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Is a embryonic morphogenesis
Part of embryonic development via the syncytial blastoderm
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