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subdivision of organism along main body axis
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A major subdivision of an organism that divides an organism along its main body axis (typically anterio-posterior axis). In vertebrates, this is based on the vertebral column. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
subdivision of organism along main body axis
Synonyms
- axial subdivision of organism
Subsets
upper_level
editor note
Ideally this would be disjoint with analagous class for appendicular axes, but currently 'appendages' like antennae, horns cause a problem
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
body segment, main body segment
id
UBERON:0011676