Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process
caste determination, influence by environmental factors
- Term ID
- GO:0048650
- Synonyms
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- 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
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes