Planteome: Term Details for "polytene chromosome" (GO:0005700)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0005700
Name: polytene chromosome
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A type of chromosome in a polyploid cell, formed when multiple copies of homologous chromosomes are aligned side by side to give a giant chromosome in which distinct chromosome bands are readily visible. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0005700 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to polytene chromosome.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to polytene chromosome.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for polytene chromosome.
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GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0005622 intracellular anatomical structure
GO:0043226 organelle
GO:0043229 intracellular organelle
GO:0043228 non-membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0043232 intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0005694 chromosome
GO:0005700 polytene chromosome
GO:0005704 polytene chromosome band
GO:0005701 polytene chromosome chromocenter
GO:0005706 polytene chromosome ectopic fiber
GO:0005705 polytene chromosome interband
GO:0005703 polytene chromosome puff
GO:0005702 polytene chromosome weak point

Parents of polytene chromosome (GO:0005700)

subject	relation	object
polytene chromosome	is_a	chromosome (GO:0005694)

Children of polytene chromosome (GO:0005700)

subject	relation	object
polytene chromosome chromocenter (GO:0005701)	BFO:0000050	polytene chromosome
polytene chromosome ectopic fiber (GO:0005706)	BFO:0000050	polytene chromosome
polytene chromosome weak point (GO:0005702)	BFO:0000050	polytene chromosome
polytene chromosome puff (GO:0005703)	BFO:0000050	polytene chromosome
polytene chromosome interband (GO:0005705)	BFO:0000050	polytene chromosome
polytene chromosome band (GO:0005704)	BFO:0000050	polytene chromosome

Wikipedia: Polytene_chromosome