convergent extension
id: GO:0060026
name: convergent extension
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The morphogenetic process in which an epithelium narrows along one axis and lengthens in a perpendicular axis.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0060027 | convergent extension involved in gastrulation |
| GO:0060028 | convergent extension involved in axis elongation |
| GO:0060029 | convergent extension involved in organogenesis |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0002009 | morphogenesis of an epithelium |
