anterior/posterior axis specification

id: GO:0009948
name: anterior/posterior axis specification
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The establishment, maintenance and elaboration of the anterior/posterior axis. The anterior-posterior axis is defined by a line that runs from the head or mouth of an organism to the tail or opposite end of the organism.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0007314oocyte anterior/posterior axis specification
GO:0008595anterior/posterior axis specification, embryo
GO:0032525somite rostral/caudal axis specification

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009798axis specification