FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term axis specification ID (Ontology) GO:0009798 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The establishment, maintenance and elaboration of a pattern along a line or around a point.
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       2
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 axis specification (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       2
     involved_in | axis specification       2
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  multicellular organismal process
   |__pattern specification process
       |__axis specification  223 rec.
           |__adaxial/abaxial axis specification
           |__anterior/posterior axis specification 161 rec.
           |   |__anterior/posterior axis specification, embryo(+) 141 rec.
           |   |__oocyte anterior/posterior axis specification 108 rec.
           |   |__somite rostral/caudal axis specification
           |__anterior/posterior axis specification, follicular epithelium 3 rec.
           |__centrolateral axis specification
           |__dorsal/ventral axis specification 74 rec.
           |   |__dorsal/ventral axis specification, ovarian follicular epithelium(+) 15 rec.
           |   |__oocyte dorsal/ventral axis specification(+) 38 rec.
           |   |__zygotic specification of dorsal/ventral axis 2 rec.
           |__embryonic axis specification 144 rec.
           |   |__anterior/posterior axis specification, embryo(+) 141 rec.
           |   |__longitudinal axis specification
           |   |__neural plate axis specification
           |   |__oral/aboral axis specification
           |   |__somite rostral/caudal axis specification
           |   |__zygotic specification of dorsal/ventral axis 2 rec.
           |__establishment of anatomical structure orientation
           |   |__establishment of animal organ orientation
           |   |__establishment of plant organ orientation(+)
           |__growth plate cartilage axis specification
           |__left/right axis specification 1 rec.
           |__oocyte axis specification 147 rec.
           |   |__oocyte animal/vegetal axis specification
           |   |__oocyte anterior/posterior axis specification 108 rec.
           |   |__oocyte dorsal/ventral axis specification(+) 38 rec.
           |__proximal/distal axis specification 3 rec.
           |   |__lung proximal/distal axis specification
           |__radial axis specification
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