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Behavior associated with the intake of food. Any process that modulates the contraction and relaxation movements of the pharyngeal muscle that mediates feeding in nematodes. The contraction and relaxation movements of the pharyngeal muscle that mediate feeding in nematodes. The specific actions or reactions of an organism relating to the intake of food, any substance (usually solid) that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: pharyngeal pumping
Acc: GO:0043050
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The contraction and relaxation movements of the pharyngeal muscle that mediate feeding in nematodes.
Synonyms:
  • pumping behavior
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 13 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 66 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0043050 - pharyngeal pumping (interactive image map)
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