FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term metamorphosis ID (Ontology) GO:0007552 (Gene Ontology)
Definition A biological process in which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. Examples include the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.[ ISBN:0198506732 ISBN:0721662544 ]
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      36
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 metamorphosis (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      36
     involved_in | metamorphosis      36
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                                  multicellular organism development
                                   |__metamorphosis  505 rec.
                                       |__imaginal disc morphogenesis 443 rec.
                                       |   |__clypeo-labral disc morphogenesis(+)
                                       |   |__eye-antennal disc morphogenesis(+) 41 rec.
                                       |   |__genital disc morphogenesis(+) 22 rec.
                                       |   |__haltere disc morphogenesis(+) 3 rec.
                                       |   |__histoblast morphogenesis(+) 13 rec.
                                       |   |__imaginal disc eversion 7 rec.
                                       |   |__imaginal disc fusion(+) 35 rec.
                                       |   |__labial disc morphogenesis(+)
                                       |   |__leg disc morphogenesis(+) 77 rec.
                                       |   |__morphogenesis of larval imaginal disc epithelium(+) 7 rec.
                                       |   |__prothoracic disc morphogenesis
                                       |   |__wing disc morphogenesis(+) 319 rec.
                                       |__larval midgut histolysis 28 rec.
                                       |   |__larval midgut cell programmed cell death 25 rec.
                                       |__salivary gland histolysis 11 rec.
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Wikipedia:Metamorphosis