FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026

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Term

negative regulation of developmental pigmentation

ID (Ontology)

GO:0048086 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

Any process that decreases the frequency, rate or extent of the developmental process that results in the deposition of coloring matter in an organism.

Also Known As

"down regulation of developmental pigmentation" ; "down-regulation of developmental pigmentation" ; "downregulation of developmental pigmentation"

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Genes
negative regulation of developmental pigmentation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| negative regulation of developmental pigmentation

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

developmental pigmentation
 |__regulation of developmental pigmentation___
regulation of biological process               |
 |__negative regulation of biological process__|
regulation of pigmentation                     |
 |__regulation of developmental pigmentation___|
                                               negative regulation of developmental pigmentation  3 rec.
                                                |__negative regulation of cuticle pigmentation
                                                |   |__negative regulation of adult chitin-containing cuticle pigmentation
                                                |__negative regulation of eye pigmentation
                                                |   |__negative regulation of compound eye pigmentation
                                                |__negative regulation of female pigmentation
                                                |__negative regulation of male pigmentation 1 rec.
                                                |__negative regulation of pigment cell differentiation 1 rec.
                                                    |__negative regulation of cyanophore differentiation
                                                    |__negative regulation of erythrophore differentiation
                                                    |__negative regulation of iridophore differentiation
                                                    |__negative regulation of leucophore differentiation
                                                    |__negative regulation of melanocyte differentiation(+)
                                                    |__negative regulation of xanthophore differentiation

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Is a	regulation of developmental pigmentation negative regulation of biological process
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Synonyms
	"down regulation of developmental pigmentation" EXACT "down-regulation of developmental pigmentation" EXACT "downregulation of developmental pigmentation" EXACT "inhibition of pigmentation" NARROW
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