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Term convergent extension ID (Ontology) GO:0060026 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The morphogenetic process in which an epithelium narrows along one axis and lengthens in a perpendicular axis.[ PubMed:12062082 ]
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     involved_in | convergent extension
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tissue morphogenesis____
epithelium development__|
                        morphogenesis of an epithelium
                         |__convergent extension  9 rec.
                             |__convergent extension involved in axis elongation
                             |   |__convergent extension involved in somitogenesis
                             |   |__regulation of convergent extension involved in axis elongation
                             |__convergent extension involved in gastrulation 6 rec.
                             |   |__convergent extension involved in neural plate elongation
                             |   |__convergent extension involved in notochord morphogenesis
                             |   |__convergent extension involved in somitogenesis
                             |   |__dorsal convergence
                             |   |__mediolateral intercalation 2 rec.
                             |   |__regulation of convergent extension involved in gastrulation(+)
                             |__convergent extension involved in organogenesis
                                 |__cardioblast migration to the midline involved in heart field formation(+)
                                 |__chondrocyte intercalation involved in growth plate cartilage morphogenesis
                                 |__convergent extension involved in nephron morphogenesis
                                 |__convergent extension involved in neural plate elongation
                                 |__convergent extension involved in notochord morphogenesis
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