FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
CV Term Report
Help Close All Open All
General Information
Term fat body development ID (Ontology) GO:0007503 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the fat body over time, from its formation to the mature structure. A fat body is an insect gland dorsal to the insect gut, with a function analogous to that of the vertebrate liver. It is a storage organ for fats, glycogen and protein and is a major site of intermediary metabolism.[ ISBN:0582227089 ]
Comment
Links to External Ontologies
  QuickGO data     AmiGO data
Annotations
Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS
    Results list data from multiple species. Click on a button above and use the 'Filter by species' options on the resulting HitList to retrieve species-specific data.
Records annotated with this exact term (annotations to child terms are NOT included)
Data Class Field Records
Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       3
show Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
 Full annotation statements 
Relevant FlyBase reports
 Genes
 fat body development (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       3
     involved_in | fat body development       3
Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)
Only view relationship: 
  anatomical structure development
   |__animal organ development
       |__fat body development  8 rec.
           |__adult fat body development 2 rec.
           |__larval fat body development 3 rec.
Spanning Tree View Settings
Parents/Children
View Depth
Show hierarchy levels: for parents, for children
hide Relationships
Is a animal organ development
Part of
hide Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
Secondary IDs
hide External Crossreferences & Linkouts