| Name: | visually-mediated background adaptation |
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| Definition: | Any process in which an organism changes its pigmentation (lightening in response to a brighter environment or darkening in response to a dimmer environment) in response to a change in light intensity detected by melanopsin-expressing eye cells. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0120303] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | decreased process quality |
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| Definition: | A quality of a process that has a value that is decreased compared to normal or average. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002302] |