FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term multicellular organismal process ID (Ontology) GO:0032501 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Any biological process, occurring at the level of a multicellular organism, pertinent to its function.
Also Known As "organismal physiological process"
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  biological_process
   |__multicellular organismal process  3896 rec.
       |__acquisition of seed longevity
       |__amyloid-beta clearance
       |   |__amyloid-beta clearance by cellular catabolic process
       |   |__amyloid-beta clearance by transcytosis
       |   |__regulation of amyloid-beta clearance(+)
       |__behavior 851 rec.
       |   |__adult behavior(+) 183 rec.
       |   |__aggressive behavior(+) 21 rec.
       |   |__behavioral defense response(+) 3 rec.
       |   |__behavioral response to nutrient(+) 12 rec.
       |   |__behavioral response to pain(+) 5 rec.
       |   |__behavioral response to water deprivation
       |   |__behavioral response to wounding
       |   |__chemosensory behavior(+) 145 rec.
       |   |__crying behavior
       |   |__exploration behavior(+) 1 rec.
       |   |__feeding behavior(+) 69 rec.
       |   |__foraging behavior(+) 10 rec.
       |   |__general adaptation syndrome, behavioral process
       |   |__grooming behavior(+) 8 rec.
       |   |__hatching behavior 3 rec.
       |   |__host-seeking behavior(+)
       |   |__larval behavior(+) 67 rec.
       |   |__learning or memory(+) 177 rec.
       |   |__locomotory behavior(+) 203 rec.
       |   |__mechanosensory behavior(+) 37 rec.
       |   |__motor behavior(+) 1 rec.
       |   |__olfactory sociosexual communication
       |   |__regulation of behavior(+) 117 rec.
       |   |__reproductive behavior(+) 339 rec.
       |   |__rhythmic behavior(+) 131 rec.
       |   |__social behavior(+) 7 rec.
       |   |__thermosensory behavior 18 rec.
       |   |__thigmotaxis
       |   |__visual behavior(+) 25 rec.
       |   |__vocalization behavior(+)
       |__bud dormancy process
       |__callus formation
       |__cell activation 17 rec.
       |   |__cell activation involved in immune response(+)
       |   |__chondrocyte activation
       |   |__egg activation(+) 15 rec.
       |   |__endothelial cell activation(+)
       |   |__fibroblast activation(+)
       |   |__follicular dendritic cell activation(+)
       |   |__glial cell activation(+)
       |   |__keratinocyte activation
       |   |__leukocyte activation(+) 2 rec.
       |   |__neuroblast activation
       |   |__platelet activation(+)
       |   |__regulation of cell activation(+)
       |   |__skeletal muscle satellite cell activation(+)
       |   |__thrombocyte activation
       |__circadian regulation of heart rate 3 rec.
       |   |__circadian regulation of heart rate by the suprachiasmatic nucleus
       |__coagulation 8 rec.
       |   |__blood coagulation(+)
       |   |__hemolymph coagulation 8 rec.
       |   |__regulation of coagulation(+)
       |__cytokine production 5 rec.
       |   |__amphiregulin production(+)
       |   |__chemokine production(+)
       |   |__connective tissue growth factor production(+)
       |   |__cytokine precursor processing
       |   |__cytokine production involved in immune response(+) 1 rec.
       |   |__cytokine production involved in inflammatory response(+)
       |   |__endothelin production(+)
       |   |__fibroblast growth factor production(+)
       |   |__glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor production(+)
       |   |__granulocyte colony-stimulating factor production(+)
       |   |__granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor production(+)
       |   |__hepatocyte growth factor production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-1 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-2 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-3 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-4 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-5 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-6 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-7 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-8 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-9 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-10 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-11 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-12 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-13 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-15 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-16 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-17 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-18 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-19 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-20 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-21 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-22 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-23 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-24 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-25 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-26 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-27 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-30 production
       |   |__interleukin-31 production
       |   |__interleukin-32 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-33 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-34 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-35 production(+)
       |   |__interleukin-37 production(+)
       |   |__macrophage colony-stimulating factor production(+)
       |   |__macrophage migration inhibitory factor production
       |   |__oncostatin M production
       |   |__platelet-derived growth factor production(+)
       |   |__regulation of cytokine production(+) 5 rec.
       |   |__transforming growth factor beta production(+)
       |   |__tumor necrosis factor superfamily cytokine production(+)
       |   |__type I interferon production(+) 2 rec.
       |   |__type II interferon production(+)
       |   |__type III interferon production(+)
       |   |__vascular endothelial growth factor production(+) 1 rec.
       |   |__XCL1 production
       |__determination of adult lifespan 153 rec.
       |__digestion 18 rec.
       |   |__digestive system process(+) 16 rec.
       |   |__lipid digestion(+) 2 rec.
       |   |__polysaccharide digestion
       |   |__protein digestion
       |__innervation 4 rec.
       |   |__axonogenesis involved in innervation 2 rec.
       |   |__synapse assembly involved in innervation 2 rec.
       |__keratinization
       |   |__cornification(+)
       |__megagametogenesis
       |   |__antipodal cell degeneration
       |   |__antipodal cell differentiation(+)
       |   |__embryo sac cellularization
       |   |__embryo sac central cell differentiation(+)
       |   |__embryo sac egg cell differentiation(+)
       |   |__embryo sac morphogenesis
       |   |__embryo sac nuclear migration(+)
       |   |__synergid differentiation(+)
       |__meristem determinacy
       |   |__floral meristem determinacy
       |__meristem maintenance
       |   |__maintenance of meristem identity(+)
       |   |__meristem determinacy
       |   |__regulation of meristem growth(+)
       |__microgametogenesis
       |   |__generative cell differentiation
       |   |__microgametophyte vegetative cell differentiation
       |   |__pollen sperm cell differentiation
       |__midbrain-hindbrain boundary maturation during brain development
       |__midbrain-hindbrain boundary maturation during neural plate development
       |__molting cycle 99 rec.
       |   |__hair cycle(+)
       |   |__molting cycle process 43 rec.
       |   |__molting cycle, chitin-based cuticle(+) 99 rec.
       |   |__molting cycle, collagen and cuticulin-based cuticle(+)
       |__molting cycle process 43 rec.
       |   |__apolysis
       |   |__chitin-based cuticle attachment to epithelium 3 rec.
       |   |__chitin-based cuticle sclerotization(+) 20 rec.
       |   |__collagen and cuticulin-based cuticle attachment to epithelium
       |   |__ecdysis, chitin-based cuticle 21 rec.
       |   |__ecdysis, collagen and cuticulin-based cuticle
       |   |__hair cycle process(+)
       |__morphogenesis of a branching structure 76 rec.
       |   |__branching morphogenesis of a nerve(+) 2 rec.
       |   |__bud dilation
       |   |__lateral root branching
       |   |__morphogenesis of a branching epithelium(+) 74 rec.
       |   |__regulation of morphogenesis of a branching structure(+) 2 rec.
       |   |__secondary shoot formation(+)
       |__multi-multicellular organism process 177 rec.
       |   |__female pregnancy(+)
       |   |__insemination(+) 177 rec.
       |   |__parturition(+)
       |   |__penetration of zona pellucida
       |   |__plantlet formation on parent plant
       |   |__pollination(+)
       |   |__regulation of brood size
       |   |__sperm competition(+) 25 rec.
       |__multicellular organism adhesion 10 rec.
       |   |__multicellular organism adhesion to substrate(+) 10 rec.
       |__multicellular organism development 2715 rec.
       |   |__abscission(+)
       |   |__appendage development(+) 374 rec.
       |   |__cell competition in a multicellular organism 20 rec.
       |   |__cellularization(+) 120 rec.
       |   |__cuticle development(+) 250 rec.
       |   |__development of primary sexual characteristics(+) 61 rec.
       |   |__eclosion(+) 19 rec.
       |   |__embryo development(+) 765 rec.
       |   |__embryo implantation(+)
       |   |__female sex determination(+) 16 rec.
       |   |__female sex differentiation(+) 24 rec.
       |   |__gametophyte development(+)
       |   |__germ-line sex determination(+) 16 rec.
       |   |__hatching(+) 4 rec.
       |   |__instar larval or pupal development(+) 639 rec.
       |   |__larval development(+) 188 rec.
       |   |__male sex determination(+) 9 rec.
       |   |__male sex differentiation(+) 33 rec.
       |   |__metamorphosis(+) 505 rec.
       |   |__pattern specification process 565 rec.
       |   |__polyphenic determination
       |   |__post-embryonic development 721 rec.
       |   |__primary sex determination(+) 21 rec.
       |   |__regulation of multicellular organismal development(+) 289 rec.
       |   |__somatic sex determination(+) 18 rec.
       |   |__system development(+) 1695 rec.
       |   |__tube development(+) 267 rec.
       |__multicellular organism growth 54 rec.
       |   |__regulation of multicellular organism growth(+) 48 rec.
       |__multicellular organismal movement 3 rec.
       |   |__circumnutation
       |   |__multicellular organismal locomotion
       |   |__musculoskeletal movement(+) 3 rec.
       |__multicellular organismal response to stress 8 rec.
       |   |__fear response(+)
       |   |__general adaptation syndrome(+)
       |   |__response to pain(+) 6 rec.
       |__multicellular organismal-level homeostasis 144 rec.
       |   |__anatomical structure homeostasis(+) 91 rec.
       |   |__energy homeostasis(+) 9 rec.
       |   |__homeostasis of number of cells(+) 42 rec.
       |   |__multicellular organismal-level chemical homeostasis(+) 7 rec.
       |   |__respiratory chemosensitivity
       |   |__sleep homeostasis
       |   |__temperature homeostasis(+) 4 rec.
       |   |__tissue homeostasis(+) 67 rec.
       |__muscle attachment 3 rec.
       |   |__determination of muscle attachment site 1 rec.
       |__neurotrophin production
       |   |__nerve growth factor production(+)
       |   |__regulation of neurotrophin production(+)
       |__organ growth 40 rec.
       |   |__bone growth(+)
       |   |__heart growth(+)
       |   |__lung growth(+)
       |   |__prostate gland growth(+)
       |   |__regulation of organ growth(+) 38 rec.
       |__organism emergence from protective structure 23 rec.
       |   |__eclosion(+) 19 rec.
       |   |__hatching(+) 4 rec.
       |__ossification
       |   |__bone mineralization(+)
       |   |__direct ossification(+)
       |   |__intratendonous ossification
       |   |__ligamentous ossification
       |   |__ossification involved in bone maturation(+)
       |   |__ossification involved in bone remodeling
       |   |__osteoblast differentiation(+)
       |   |__regulation of ossification(+)
       |   |__replacement ossification(+)
       |__otolith tethering
       |__pattern specification process 565 rec.
       |   |__axis specification(+) 223 rec.
       |   |__cell fate commitment involved in pattern specification(+) 35 rec.
       |   |__embryonic pattern specification(+) 238 rec.
       |   |__head segmentation(+) 21 rec.
       |   |__imaginal disc lineage restriction(+) 6 rec.
       |   |__internode patterning
       |   |__intracellular mRNA localization involved in pattern specification process(+) 82 rec.
       |   |__lung pattern specification process(+)
       |   |__maintenance of left/right asymmetry(+)
       |   |__neural plate pattern specification(+)
       |   |__ommatidial rotation 31 rec.
       |   |__pattern specification involved in kidney development(+)
       |   |__regionalization(+) 536 rec.
       |   |__regulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye(+)
       |   |__renal system pattern specification(+)
       |   |__segment specification(+) 38 rec.
       |   |__specification of axis polarity(+) 8 rec.
       |   |__specification of symmetry(+) 25 rec.
       |__photoreceptor cell maintenance 18 rec.
       |__pigment accumulation in tissues
       |   |__pigment accumulation in tissues in response to UV light(+)
       |__plasma lipoprotein particle clearance
       |   |__high-density lipoprotein particle clearance(+)
       |   |__low-density lipoprotein particle clearance(+)
       |   |__oxidised low-density lipoprotein particle clearance
       |   |__regulation of lipoprotein particle clearance(+)
       |   |__triglyceride-rich lipoprotein particle clearance(+)
       |   |__very-low-density lipoprotein particle clearance(+)
       |__plasma lipoprotein particle organization
       |   |__plasma lipoprotein particle assembly(+)
       |   |__plasma lipoprotein particle disassembly(+)
       |   |__plasma lipoprotein particle remodeling(+)
       |__pollen germination
       |__polyphenic determination
       |   |__caste determination(+)
       |   |__polyphenic determination, influence by environmental factors(+)
       |   |__polyphenic determination, influence by genetic factors(+)
       |__post-embryonic development 721 rec.
       |   |__acquisition of plant reproductive competence
       |   |__fruit replum development
       |   |__fruit septum development
       |   |__fruit valve development
       |   |__instar larval or pupal development(+) 639 rec.
       |   |__larval development(+) 188 rec.
       |   |__lateral root formation
       |   |__photomorphogenesis(+)
       |   |__post-embryonic animal morphogenesis(+) 493 rec.
       |   |__post-embryonic camera-type eye development(+)
       |   |__post-embryonic hemopoiesis(+) 33 rec.
       |   |__post-embryonic plant organ development(+)
       |   |__regulation of post-embryonic development(+) 5 rec.
       |   |__reproductive shoot system development(+)
       |   |__seed development(+)
       |   |__seedling development(+)
       |   |__skotomorphogenesis
       |   |__stomatal complex development(+)
       |   |__thermomorphogenesis(+)
       |   |__vegetative phase change(+)
       |   |__vegetative to reproductive phase transition of meristem(+)
       |__primary growth
       |__production of molecular mediator involved in inflammatory response
       |   |__arachidonate metabolite production involved in inflammatory response(+)
       |   |__cytokine production involved in inflammatory response(+)
       |   |__histamine production involved in inflammatory response(+)
       |   |__lysosomal enzyme production involved in inflammatory response(+)
       |   |__nitric oxide production involved in inflammatory response
       |   |__platelet activating factor production involved in inflammatory response
       |   |__respiratory burst involved in inflammatory response(+)
       |   |__serotonin production involved in inflammatory response(+)
       |__pseudocleavage 10 rec.
       |   |__first cell cycle pseudocleavage
       |   |__pseudocleavage involved in syncytial blastoderm formation 10 rec.
       |__pupariation 14 rec.
       |   |__regulation of pupariation(+) 3 rec.
       |__pupation 9 rec.
       |__regulation of multicellular organismal process 622 rec.
       |   |__negative regulation of multicellular organismal process(+) 179 rec.
       |   |__positive regulation of multicellular organismal process(+) 218 rec.
       |   |__regulation of adaxial/abaxial pattern formation
       |   |__regulation of amyloid-beta clearance(+)
       |   |__regulation of behavior(+) 117 rec.
       |   |__regulation of cell activation(+)
       |   |__regulation of chylomicron remodeling(+)
       |   |__regulation of coagulation(+)
       |   |__regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis(+)
       |   |__regulation of cytokine production(+) 5 rec.
       |   |__regulation of determination of dorsal identity(+) 1 rec.
       |   |__regulation of embryonic pattern specification(+) 1 rec.
       |   |__regulation of epithelial cell migration(+) 53 rec.
       |   |__regulation of epithelial cell-cell adhesion involved in epithelium migration(+) 1 rec.
       |   |__regulation of fear response(+)
       |   |__regulation of fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane(+)
       |   |__regulation of germ cell proliferation(+) 3 rec.
       |   |__regulation of hair cycle(+)
       |   |__regulation of hair follicle maturation(+)
       |   |__regulation of heart induction(+)
       |   |__regulation of heat dissipation(+)
       |   |__regulation of heat generation(+)
       |   |__regulation of hemocyte differentiation(+) 25 rec.
       |   |__regulation of hemocyte proliferation(+) 40 rec.
       |   |__regulation of high-density lipoprotein particle assembly(+)
       |   |__regulation of histamine secretion by mast cell(+)
       |   |__regulation of imaginal disc-derived wing vein specification(+) 5 rec.
       |   |__regulation of leukotriene production involved in inflammatory response(+)
       |   |__regulation of lipoprotein particle clearance(+)
       |   |__regulation of male germ-line stem cell asymmetric division(+)
       |   |__regulation of maternal process involved in parturition(+)
       |   |__regulation of morphogenesis of a branching structure(+) 2 rec.
       |   |__regulation of mucus secretion(+)
       |   |__regulation of multicellular organism growth(+) 48 rec.
       |   |__regulation of multicellular organismal development(+) 289 rec.
       |   |__regulation of neurotrophin production(+)
       |   |__regulation of oogenesis(+) 3 rec.
       |   |__regulation of organ growth(+) 38 rec.
       |   |__regulation of ossification(+)
       |   |__regulation of ovulation(+) 3 rec.
       |   |__regulation of penile erection(+)
       |   |__regulation of plasma lipoprotein oxidation(+)
       |   |__regulation of pollen tube growth
       |   |__regulation of radial pattern formation
       |   |__regulation of respiratory burst involved in inflammatory response(+)
       |   |__regulation of respiratory gaseous exchange(+)
       |   |__regulation of salivary gland boundary specification(+) 8 rec.
       |   |__regulation of somitogenesis
       |   |__regulation of sperm capacitation(+)
       |   |__regulation of spermatid nuclear differentiation(+)
       |   |__regulation of stem cell population maintenance(+) 4 rec.
       |   |__regulation of stomatal complex patterning
       |   |__regulation of system process(+) 68 rec.
       |   |__regulation of tissue remodeling(+)
       |   |__regulation of transcytosis(+) 1 rec.
       |   |__regulation of trichome patterning(+)
       |   |__regulation of very-low-density lipoprotein particle remodeling(+)
       |   |__regulation of vitellogenesis(+) 1 rec.
       |__respiratory gaseous exchange by respiratory system
       |   |__regulation of respiratory gaseous exchange(+)
       |   |__respiratory system process(+)
       |__response to high population density
       |__scab formation 2 rec.
       |__secretion by tissue
       |   |__cerebrospinal fluid secretion
       |   |__milk ejection reflex
       |   |__mucus secretion(+)
       |   |__pancreatic juice secretion(+)
       |   |__saliva secretion(+)
       |   |__sweat secretion
       |   |__tear secretion
       |__seed dormancy process
       |   |__acquisition of desiccation tolerance in seed
       |   |__maintenance of seed dormancy(+)
       |   |__regulation of seed dormancy process(+)
       |   |__release of seed from dormancy
       |__seed germination
       |   |__mucilage extrusion from seed coat
       |   |__regulation of seed germination(+)
       |   |__seed germination on parent plant
       |__sleep 99 rec.
       |   |__circadian sleep/wake cycle, sleep(+) 43 rec.
       |__stem cell population maintenance 108 rec.
       |   |__germ-line stem cell population maintenance(+) 85 rec.
       |   |__maintenance of meristem identity(+)
       |   |__negative regulation of cell differentiation involved in stem cell population maintenance
       |   |__neuronal stem cell population maintenance 9 rec.
       |   |__regulation of stem cell population maintenance(+) 4 rec.
       |   |__somatic stem cell population maintenance(+) 20 rec.
       |__system process 708 rec.
       |   |__circulatory system process(+) 52 rec.
       |   |__digestive system process(+) 16 rec.
       |   |__endocrine process(+) 6 rec.
       |   |__excretion(+) 11 rec.
       |   |__hepaticobiliary system process
       |   |__muscle system process(+) 41 rec.
       |   |__nervous system process(+) 598 rec.
       |   |__regulation of system process(+) 68 rec.
       |   |__renal system process(+) 29 rec.
       |   |__respiratory system process(+)
       |__tissue migration 196 rec.
       |   |__epithelium migration(+) 188 rec.
       |   |__mesenchyme migration(+)
       |   |__mesoderm migration involved in gastrulation 11 rec.
       |__tissue remodeling
       |   |__atrial ventricular junction remodeling(+)
       |   |__blood vessel remodeling(+)
       |   |__bone remodeling(+)
       |   |__clearance of damaged tissue involved in inflammatory response wound healing
       |   |__connective tissue replacement(+)
       |   |__erythrocyte clearance(+)
       |   |__mammary gland involution(+)
       |   |__regulation of tissue remodeling(+)
       |   |__Sertoli cell barrier remodeling
       |__transcytosis 4 rec.
       |   |__amyloid-beta clearance by transcytosis
       |   |__antigen transcytosis by M cells in mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue
       |   |__immunoglobulin transcytosis in epithelial cells(+)
       |   |__regulation of transcytosis(+) 1 rec.
       |__vibrational conductance of sound to the inner ear
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