| Term Name: | anterior/posterior pattern specification, imaginal disc |
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| Definition: | The establishment, maintenance and elaboration of the anterior/posterior axis of the imaginal disc. Imaginal discs are epithelial infoldings in the larvae of holometabolous insects that rapidly develop into adult appendages during metamorphosis from larval to adult form. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0007448] QuickGO AmiGO |