FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026

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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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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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glial cell development (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| glial cell development

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

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.
                                   |__lateral line nerve glial cell development
                                   |   |__anterior lateral line nerve glial cell development(+)
                                   |   |__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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Relationships
Is a	cell development
Part of	glial cell differentiation
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