FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

sleep

ID (Ontology)

GO:0030431 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

Any process in which an organism enters and maintains a periodic, readily reversible state of reduced awareness and metabolic activity. Usually accompanied by physical relaxation, the onset of sleep in humans and other mammals is marked by a change in the electrical activity of the brain.[ ISBN:0192800981 ]

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Genes
sleep (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
acts_upstream_of \| sleep
involved_in \| sleep

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  biological_process
   |__multicellular organismal process
       |__sleep  98 rec.
           |__circadian sleep/wake cycle, sleep 42 rec.
               |__circadian sleep/wake cycle, non-REM sleep(+)
               |__circadian sleep/wake cycle, REM sleep(+)
               |__regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, sleep(+) 39 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	multicellular organismal process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"diapause" RELATED "dormancy" RELATED "lethargus" RELATED
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	Wikipedia:Sleep