FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

cuticle development

ID (Ontology)

GO:0042335 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a cuticle, the outer layer of some animals and plants, which acts to prevent water loss.[ ISBN:0192800825 ]

Also Known As

"cuticle anabolism" ; "cuticle biosynthesis" ; "cuticle biosynthetic process" (for all, see Synonyms field below)

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Genes
cuticle development (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| cuticle development

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

multicellular organismal process
 |__multicellular organism development__
developmental process                   |
 |__anatomical structure development____|
anatomical structure development        |
 |__multicellular organism development__|
                                        cuticle development  249 rec.
                                         |__chitin-based cuticle development 184 rec.
                                         |   |__adult chitin-based cuticle development(+) 6 rec.
                                         |   |__chitin-based embryonic cuticle biosynthetic process 15 rec.
                                         |__collagen and cuticulin-based cuticle development
                                         |   |__cuticle development involved in collagen and cuticulin-based cuticle molting cycle
                                         |__cuticle hydrocarbon biosynthetic process 6 rec.
                                         |__cuticle pattern formation 36 rec.
                                         |   |__adult chitin-based cuticle pattern formation 1 rec.
                                         |   |__chitin-based larval cuticle pattern formation 19 rec.
                                         |__cuticle pigmentation 22 rec.
                                             |__adult chitin-containing cuticle pigmentation(+) 16 rec.
                                             |__regulation of cuticle pigmentation(+) 10 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	anatomical structure development
Part of	multicellular organism development
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"cuticle anabolism" EXACT "cuticle biosynthesis" EXACT "cuticle biosynthetic process" EXACT "cuticle formation" EXACT "cuticle synthesis" EXACT
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