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A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of an integrated living unit: an anatomical structure (which may be a subcellular structure, cell, tissue, or organ), or organism over time from an initial condition to a later condition. Any developmental process that results in the creation of defined areas or spaces within an organism to which cells respond and eventually are instructed to differentiate. The process by which the tubules arranged along the proximal/distal axis of the nephron acquire their identity. The specification of the characteristic structures of trunk segments, following establishment of segment boundaries. In Drosophila, the trunk segments include thoracic segments and abdominal segments A1 to A8. Identity is considered to be the aggregate of characteristics by which a structure is recognized. The regionalization process that divides an organism or part of an organism into a series of semi-repetitive parts, or segments, often arranged along a longitudinal axis. The process whereby segments assume individual identities; exemplified in insects by the actions of the products of the homeotic genes. The process by which individual somites establish identity during embryogenesis. The specification of the characteristic structures of the head segments following establishment of segment boundaries. Identity is considered to be the aggregate of characteristics by which a structure is recognized. The pattern specification process by which an axis or axes is subdivided in space to define an area or volume in which specific patterns of cell differentiation will take place or in which cells interpret a specific environment. The biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a multicellular organism over time from an initial condition (e.g. a zygote or a young adult) to a later condition (e.g. a multicellular animal or an aged adult).

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: segment specification
Acc: GO:0007379
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby segments assume individual identities; exemplified in insects by the actions of the products of the homeotic genes.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0007379 - segment specification (interactive image map)
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