anterior/posterior pattern formation

Term Information

Accession
GO:0009952
Ontology
biological process
Synonyms
narrow: anterior/posterior pattern specification
Definition
The regionalization process by which specific areas of cell differentiation are determined along the anterior-posterior axis. The anterior-posterior axis is defined by a line that runs from the head or mouth of an organism to the tail or opposite end of the organism. [source: GOC:dph, GOC:go_curators, GOC:isa_complete, GOC:tb]
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