FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025

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Term	specification of symmetry	ID (Ontology)	GO:0009799 (Gene Ontology)
Definition	The establishment of an organism's body plan or part of an organism such that a similar arrangement in form and relationship of parts around a common axis, or around each side of a plane is created.
Also Known As	"determination of symmetry"
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  multicellular organismal process
   |__pattern specification process
       |__specification of symmetry  25 rec.
           |__determination of bilateral symmetry 25 rec.
           |   |__determination of dorsal/ventral asymmetry 6 rec.
           |   |__determination of left/right symmetry(+) 18 rec.
           |__determination of radial symmetry
           |__specification of ureteric bud anterior/posterior symmetry

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Is a	pattern specification process
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