Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process

caste determination, influence by environmental factors

Term ID
GO:0048650
Synonyms
Definition
The process in which individuals, having the potential to develop any of several distinct developmental paths, have their individual developmental fate determined in response to environmental cues. Individuals with distinct developmental fates perform different functions in a colony of social insects.
References
Ontology
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Relationships
is a type of
Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes