FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term eye morphogenesis ID (Ontology) GO:0048592 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which the anatomical structures of the eye are generated and organized.
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     involved_in | eye morphogenesis
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sensory organ development
 |__eye development______________
 |__sensory organ morphogenesis__|
animal organ morphogenesis       |
 |__sensory organ morphogenesis__|
visual system development        |
 |__eye development______________|
                                 eye morphogenesis  374 rec.
                                  |__Bolwig's organ morphogenesis 14 rec.
                                  |__camera-type eye morphogenesis
                                  |   |__ciliary body morphogenesis
                                  |   |__embryonic camera-type eye morphogenesis(+)
                                  |   |__establishment of epithelial cell apical/basal polarity involved in camera-type eye morphogenesis
                                  |   |__iris morphogenesis
                                  |   |__lens morphogenesis in camera-type eye(+)
                                  |   |__post-embryonic camera-type eye morphogenesis
                                  |   |__retina morphogenesis in camera-type eye(+)
                                  |__compound eye morphogenesis 356 rec.
                                  |   |__cell proliferation involved in compound eye morphogenesis(+) 9 rec.
                                  |   |__compound eye cone cell differentiation(+) 15 rec.
                                  |   |__compound eye corneal lens morphogenesis 1 rec.
                                  |   |__compound eye photoreceptor cell differentiation(+) 213 rec.
                                  |   |__compound eye pigment cell differentiation
                                  |   |__compound eye retinal cell programmed cell death(+) 26 rec.
                                  |   |__establishment of ommatidial planar polarity(+) 58 rec.
                                  |   |__mystery cell differentiation 1 rec.
                                  |   |__progression of morphogenetic furrow involved in compound eye morphogenesis 8 rec.
                                  |   |__second mitotic wave involved in compound eye morphogenesis 9 rec.
                                  |__embryonic eye morphogenesis
                                  |   |__embryonic camera-type eye morphogenesis(+)
                                  |__eye photoreceptor cell differentiation 222 rec.
                                  |   |__camera-type eye photoreceptor cell differentiation(+)
                                  |   |__compound eye photoreceptor cell differentiation(+) 213 rec.
                                  |   |__eye photoreceptor cell development(+) 103 rec.
                                  |   |__eye photoreceptor cell fate commitment(+) 88 rec.
                                  |__post-embryonic eye morphogenesis
                                  |   |__post-embryonic camera-type eye morphogenesis
                                  |__retinal cell programmed cell death 28 rec.
                                      |__compound eye retinal cell programmed cell death(+) 26 rec.
                                      |__regulation of retinal cell programmed cell death(+) 14 rec.
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Is a sensory organ morphogenesis
Part of eye development
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