FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term glial cell development ID (Ontology) GO:0021782 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process aimed at the progression of a glial cell over time, from initial commitment of the cell to a specific fate, to the fully functional differentiated cell.
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      18
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 glial cell development (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      18
     involved_in | glial cell development      18
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cell differentiation
 |__glial cell differentiation____
 |__cell development______________|
gliogenesis                       |
 |__glial cell differentiation____|
anatomical structure development  |
 |__cell development______________|
cellular developmental process    |
 |__cell development______________|
                                  glial cell development  34 rec.
                                   |__astrocyte development
                                   |   |__astrocyte activation(+)
                                   |   |__forebrain astrocyte development
                                   |__cardiac glial cell development
                                   |   |__neural crest-derived cardiac glial cell development
                                   |__establishment of glial blood-brain barrier 17 rec.
                                   |__glial cell projection elongation 2 rec.
                                   |   |__glial cell projection elongation involved in axon ensheathment
                                   |__lateral line nerve glial cell development
                                   |   |__anterior lateral line nerve glial cell development(+)
                                   |   |__lateral line nerve glial cell morphogenesis involved in differentiation(+)
                                   |   |__posterior lateral line nerve glial cell development(+)
                                   |__microglia development
                                   |__oligodendrocyte development
                                   |   |__central nervous system myelination(+)
                                   |__Schwann cell development
                                       |__myelination in peripheral nervous system(+)
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Is a cell development
Part of glial cell differentiation
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