epidermis development

id: GO:0008544
name: epidermis development
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the epidermis over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The epidermis is the outer epithelial layer of a plant or animal, it may be a single layer that produces an extracellular material (e.g. the cuticle of arthropods) or a complex stratified squamous epithelium, as in the case of many vertebrate species.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0001942hair follicle development
GO:0043588skin development
GO:0060887limb epidermis development

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009888tissue development