FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term brain development ID (Ontology) GO:0007420 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the brain over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Brain development begins with patterning events in the neural tube and ends with the mature structure that is the center of thought and emotion. The brain is responsible for the coordination and control of bodily activities and the interpretation of information from the senses (sight, hearing, smell, etc.).
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      53
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 brain development (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      53
     involved_in | brain development      53
 NOT | involved_in | brain development       1
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nervous system development
 |__central nervous system development__
system development                      |
 |__central nervous system development__|
anatomical structure development        |
 |__animal organ development____________|
 |__head development____________________|
                                        brain development  138 rec.
                                         |__brain morphogenesis 8 rec.
                                         |   |__forebrain morphogenesis(+)
                                         |   |__midbrain morphogenesis
                                         |__brain segmentation 5 rec.
                                         |__central complex development 10 rec.
                                         |__forebrain development 1 rec.
                                         |   |__cell proliferation in forebrain(+)
                                         |   |__diencephalon development(+)
                                         |   |__forebrain astrocyte differentiation(+)
                                         |   |__forebrain cell migration(+)
                                         |   |__forebrain generation of neurons(+)
                                         |   |__forebrain morphogenesis(+)
                                         |   |__forebrain regionalization(+)
                                         |   |__limbic system development(+)
                                         |   |__telencephalon development(+) 1 rec.
                                         |__hindbrain development
                                         |   |__cell differentiation in hindbrain(+)
                                         |   |__cell migration in hindbrain(+)
                                         |   |__cell proliferation in hindbrain(+)
                                         |   |__fourth ventricle development
                                         |   |__hindbrain maturation(+)
                                         |   |__hindbrain morphogenesis(+)
                                         |   |__medulla oblongata development(+)
                                         |   |__metencephalon development(+)
                                         |   |__rhombomere development(+)
                                         |__midbrain development
                                         |   |__cell proliferation in midbrain(+)
                                         |   |__corpora quadrigemina development(+)
                                         |   |__midbrain dopaminergic neuron differentiation(+)
                                         |   |__midbrain morphogenesis
                                         |   |__substantia nigra development
                                         |   |__ventral tegmental area development
                                         |__midbrain-hindbrain boundary development
                                         |   |__midbrain-hindbrain boundary initiation
                                         |   |__midbrain-hindbrain boundary maturation(+)
                                         |   |__midbrain-hindbrain boundary morphogenesis(+)
                                         |__mushroom body development 82 rec.
                                         |__trigeminal sensory nucleus development
                                         |   |__mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus development
                                         |   |__principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve development
                                         |   |__spinal trigeminal nucleus development
                                         |__ventricular system development
                                             |__fourth ventricle development
                                             |__lateral ventricle development
                                             |__third ventricle development
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