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The periodic casting off and regeneration of an outer covering of cuticle, feathers, hair, horns, skin, etc. The periodic shedding of part or all of a chitin-based cuticle, which is then replaced by a new cuticle. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster. A multicellular organismal process involved in the periodic casting off and regeneration of an outer covering of cuticle, feathers, hair, horns, skin. The periodic shedding of part or all of a protein-based cuticle, which is then replaced by a new protein-based cuticle. A cuticle is the outer layer of an animal which acts to prevent water loss. The first process of molting, characterized by the detachment of the old cuticle from the underlying epidermal cells.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: apolysis
Acc: GO:0018989
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The first process of molting, characterized by the detachment of the old cuticle from the underlying epidermal cells.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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   Term or descendants: 0


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0018989 - apolysis (interactive image map)
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