Planteome: Term Details for "ear morphogenesis" (GO:0042471)

Accession: GO:0042471
Name: ear morphogenesis
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: hearing organ morphogenesis
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process in which the anatomical structures of the ear are generated and organized. The ear is the sense organ in vertebrates that is specialized for the detection of sound, and the maintenance of balance. Includes the outer ear and middle ear, which collect and transmit sound waves; and the inner ear, which contains the organs of balance and (except in fish) hearing. Also includes the pinna, the visible part of the outer ear, present in some mammals. Source: GOC:jl, ISBN:0192801023
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0042471 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to ear morphogenesis.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to ear morphogenesis.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for ear morphogenesis.
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subject	relation	object
ear morphogenesis	BFO:0000050	ear development (GO:0043583)
ear morphogenesis	is_a	embryonic organ morphogenesis (GO:0048562)
ear morphogenesis	is_a	sensory organ morphogenesis (GO:0090596)

ear morphogenesis