FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term caste determination ID (Ontology) GO:0048648 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which individuals, having the potential to develop any of several distinct developmental paths, have their individual developmental fate determined in response to environmental and/or genetic cues. Individuals with distinct developmental fates perform different functions in a colony of social insects.
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multicellular organism development__
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                                    polyphenic determination
                                     |__caste determination
                                         |__caste determination, influence by environmental factors
                                         |__caste determination, influence by genetic factors
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