caste determination, influence by environmental factors
id: GO:0048650
name: caste determination, influence by environmental factors
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The process in which individuals, having the potential to develop any of several distinct developmental paths, have their individual developmental fate determined in response to environmental cues. Individuals with distinct developmental fates perform different functions in a colony of social insects.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0048648 | caste determination |
GO:0048651 | polyphenic determination, influence by environmental factors |