This term is obsolete.

GO:0007552 JSON

metamorphosis

Biological Process

Definition (GO:0007552 GONUTS page)

A biological process in which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. Examples include the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.

Secondary IDs

GO:0046698, GO:0046699

7,408 annotations

Ancestor Chart

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Child Terms

This table lists all terms that are direct descendants (child terms) of GO:0007552

Child Term Relationship to
GO:0007552
larval midgut histolysis
part_of
salivary gland histolysis
part_of
imaginal disc morphogenesis
part_of

Taxon Constraints

The use of this term should conform to the following taxon constraints:

Ancestor GO ID Ancestor GO Term Name Relationship Taxon ID Taxon Reference(s)
GO:0007552 metamorphosis Never in Taxon 2 Bacteria
GO:0007552 metamorphosis Never in Taxon 2157 Archaea
GO:0007552 metamorphosis Never in Taxon 4896 Schizosaccharomyces pombe
GO:0007552 metamorphosis Never in Taxon 4932 Saccharomyces cerevisiae
GO:0007552 metamorphosis Only in Taxon 131567 cellular organisms

More information on taxon constraints in GO is available here

Cross-references

Database ID Description
Wikipedia Metamorphosis

Co-occurring Terms

These tables show the number of times the term listed in the table has been co-annotated.

No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0007552 based on ALL annotations
The top 100 of 602 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
metamorphosis
563,406.90 100.00 346 346
pupariation
248,431.38 13.43 56 127
pupation
292,971.60 10.21 39 75
instar larval development
126,324.41 9.63 50 223
torso signaling pathway
113,173.44 8.70 46 229
positive regulation of neuron remodeling
172,926.86 7.45 31 101
larval development
145,395.33 7.31 32 124
negative phototaxis
375,604.60 7.24 26 39
terminal region determination
133,325.30 6.95 31 131
molting cycle, chitin-based cuticle
123,674.69 6.11 27 123
Totals 2009 23459
No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0007552 based on MANUAL annotations
The top 100 of 486 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
metamorphosis
16,351.89 100.00 79 79
instar larval development
4,228.94 12.30 15 58
pupation
9,343.94 9.41 8 14
larval development
5,450.63 9.28 9 27
pupariation
7,695.01 9.09 8 17
epithelial cell fate determination, open tracheal system
12,718.13 8.64 7 9
torso signaling pathway
5,031.35 8.25 8 26
cell competition in a multicellular organism
3,633.75 7.48 8 36
dendrite regeneration
4,769.30 7.29 7 24
larval midgut histolysis
4,402.43 7.14 7 26
Totals 492 6428

Change Log

Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:131567 (cellular organisms)
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:2157 (Archaea)
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:4896 (Schizosaccharomyces pombe)
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:4932 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:2 (Bacteria)
2016-03-20 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0009653 (anatomical structure morphogenesis)
2016-03-20 Added RELATION is a GO:0007275 (multicellular organism development)
2016-03-20 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0044767 (single-organism developmental process)
2012-12-23 Added RELATION is a GO:0044767 (single-organism developmental process)
2010-12-01 Added DEFINITION A biological process in which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. Examples include the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2002-02-06 Updated TERM metamorphosis
2001-04-03 Updated TERM metamorphosis
2001-03-30 Added TERM metamorphosis
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2010-12-01 Added DEFINITION A biological process in which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. Examples include the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.
2010-12-01 Deleted DEFINITION A biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. Examples include the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.
2010-03-04 Deleted DEFINITION A biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. For example the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.
2010-03-04 Added DEFINITION A biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. Examples include the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.
2009-07-12 Deleted SYNONYM metamorphosis (sensu Insecta)
2009-07-12 Deleted DEFINITION A biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. For example the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult.
2009-07-12 Deleted SYNONYM metamorphosis (sensu Amphibia)
2009-07-12 Added DEFINITION A biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. For example the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.
2008-05-13 Added DEFINITION A biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. For example the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult.
2008-05-12 Deleted DEFINITION A biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. For example the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult.
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM metamorphosis (sensu Amphibia)
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM metamorphosis (sensu Amphibia)
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM metamorphosis (sensu Insecta)
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM metamorphosis (sensu Insecta)
2007-04-20 Updated DEFINITION A biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. For example the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult.
2007-04-08 Added SYNONYM metamorphosis (sensu Insecta)
2007-04-08 Added SYNONYM metamorphosis (sensu Amphibia)
2006-09-30 Deleted SYNONYM morphogenesis
2006-02-01 Updated DEFINITION A change of shape or structure of the whole organism from one developmental stage to another, particularly the rapid post embryonic structural transformation from larval to adult form.
2005-09-29 Added SYNONYM morphogenesis
2002-11-27 Added DEFINITION A change of shape or structure from one developmental stage to another, particularly the rapid post embryonic structural transformation from larva to adult form.
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2016-03-20 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0009653 (anatomical structure morphogenesis)
2016-03-20 Added RELATION is a GO:0007275 (multicellular organism development)
2016-03-20 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0044767 (single-organism developmental process)
2012-12-23 Added RELATION is a GO:0044767 (single-organism developmental process)
2008-06-30 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0002117 (amphibian larval development)
2008-06-30 Deleted RELATION part of GO:0002165 (instar larval or pupal development)
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION part of GO:0002165 (instar larval or pupal development)
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0002117 (amphibian larval development)
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0009653 (anatomical structure morphogenesis)
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2009-03-02 Added XREF Wikipedia:Metamorphosis
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:131567 (cellular organisms)
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:2157 (Archaea)
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:4896 (Schizosaccharomyces pombe)
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:4932 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:2 (Bacteria)
2007-04-08 Added SECONDARY GO:0046698 (metamorphosis (sensu Insecta))
2007-04-08 Added SECONDARY GO:0046699 (metamorphosis (sensu Amphibia))
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