Term Name: pattern specification process
Synonyms: pattern biosynthesis, pattern formation
Definition: 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.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007389]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: multicellular organism development
has parts: cell fate commitment involved in pattern specification cell fate determination involved in pattern specification cell fate specification involved in pattern specification intracellular mRNA localization involved in pattern specification process
is a type of: multicellular organismal process
has subtype: axis specification embryonic pattern specification head segmentation imaginal disc lineage restriction internode patterning lung pattern specification process maintenance of left/right asymmetry neural plate pattern specification ommatidial rotation pattern specification involved in kidney development pattern specification involved in mesonephros development pattern specification involved in metanephros development pattern specification involved in pronephros development regionalization regulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye renal system pattern specification segment specification specification of axis polarity specification of symmetry