FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term anterior/posterior axis specification ID (Ontology) GO:0009948 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The establishment, maintenance and elaboration of the anterior/posterior axis. The anterior-posterior axis is defined by a line that runs from the head or mouth of an organism to the tail or opposite end of the organism.
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      17
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 anterior/posterior axis specification (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      17
     involved_in | anterior/posterior axis specification      17
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  pattern specification process
   |__axis specification
       |__anterior/posterior axis specification  161 rec.
           |__anterior/posterior axis specification, embryo 141 rec.
           |   |__maternal determination of anterior/posterior axis, embryo 111 rec.
           |   |__zygotic determination of anterior/posterior axis, embryo 24 rec.
           |__oocyte anterior/posterior axis specification 108 rec.
           |__somite rostral/caudal axis specification
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Part of anterior/posterior pattern specification
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