FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term feeding behavior ID (Ontology) GO:0007631 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Behavior associated with the intake of food.
Also Known As "behavioral response to food" ; "behavioural response to food" ; "feeding behaviour"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       6
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 feeding behavior (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       6
     acts_upstream_of | feeding behavior       1
     involved_in | feeding behavior       5
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  multicellular organismal process
   |__behavior
       |__feeding behavior  69 rec.
           |__adult feeding behavior 14 rec.
           |__conditioned taste aversion 3 rec.
           |__drinking behavior 3 rec.
           |   |__angiotensin-mediated drinking behavior
           |__eating behavior 2 rec.
           |   |__nematode pharyngeal pumping
           |   |__reduction of food intake in response to dietary excess
           |__hematophagy
           |__larval feeding behavior 22 rec.
           |__salt aversion 3 rec.
           |__suckling behavior
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Synonyms
  • "behavioral response to food" EXACT
    "behavioural response to food" EXACT
    "eating" NARROW
    "feeding behaviour" EXACT
    "feeding from phloem of other organism" NARROW
    "feeding from plant phloem" NARROW
    "feeding from tissue of other organism" NARROW
    "feeding from vascular tissue of another organism" NARROW
    "feeding from xylem of other organism" NARROW
    "feeding on or from other organism" NARROW
    "feeding on plant sap" NARROW
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Wikipedia:List_of_feeding_behaviours