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Term:morphogenesis of a branching structure
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Definition:The process in which the anatomical structures of branches are generated and organized. A branch is a division or offshoot from a main stem. Examples in animals would include blood vessels, nerves, lymphatics and other endothelial or epithelial tubes.
Synonyms:exact_synonym: branching morphogenesis
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
acquisition of desiccation tolerance +
adenohypophysis development + 
adenohypophysis formation
adenohypophysis morphogenesis + 
adrenal cortex development + 
adrenal cortex formation 
adult behavior + 
aerenchyma formation
age-dependent behavioral decline
age-dependent general metabolic decline + 
aggregation involved in sorocarp development +
aging + 
ammon gyrus development 
amnioserosa formation
amygdala development 
analia development +
analia morphogenesis +
anatomical structure arrangement + 
anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis + 
anatomical structure regression + 
angiogenesis + 
antennal joint development +
antennal joint morphogenesis
antennal morphogenesis +
anterior cibarial plate development +
anterior cibarial plate morphogenesis
anterior midgut development
anterior neural plate formation +
anterior rotation of the optic cup
anterior/posterior axis specification, follicular epithelium
anther development +
anther wall tapetum cell differentiation +
anther wall tapetum cell fate specification
anther wall tapetum formation +
anther wall tapetum morphogenesis +
apoptotic process involved in morphogenesis + 
appendage development + 
appendage morphogenesis + 
appendage segmentation +
apposition of dorsal and ventral imaginal disc-derived wing surfaces
ascending aorta development + 
ascending aorta morphogenesis 
ascending thin limb development + 
ascospore release from ascus +
atrichoblast fate specification +
atrioventricular canal development 
atrioventricular node development + 
beak development +
beak formation
beak morphogenesis +
beta-amyloid clearance + 
blastocyst development + 
blastocyst formation + 
blood microparticle formation + 
blood vessel development + 
blood vessel morphogenesis + 
body morphogenesis + 
bone development + 
bone morphogenesis + 
brain development + 
brainstem development + 
bronchiole development + 
bronchiole morphogenesis 
bronchus development + 
bud dormancy process
bud field specification
bundle of His development + 
cardiac chamber development + 
cardiac chamber formation + 
cardiac chamber morphogenesis + 
cardiac conduction system development + 
cardiac septum development + 
cardiac septum morphogenesis + 
cardiogenic plate morphogenesis 
cartilage development involved in endochondral bone morphogenesis + 
cell development + 
cell recognition + 
cellular component assembly involved in morphogenesis + 
cellular component morphogenesis + 
cellularization +
central complex development
central nervous system formation
central nervous system morphogenesis + 
cephalic furrow formation
cerebellar cortex development + 
cerebellar cortex formation + 
cerebellar cortex morphogenesis + 
cerebellar granular layer development + 
cerebellar granular layer formation + 
cerebellar granular layer morphogenesis + 
cerebellar molecular layer development + 
cerebellar molecular layer formation +
cerebellar molecular layer morphogenesis +
cerebellar Purkinje cell layer development + 
cerebellar Purkinje cell layer formation + 
cerebellar Purkinje cell layer morphogenesis + 
cerebellum development + 
cerebellum formation 
cerebellum morphogenesis + 
cerebellum vasculature morphogenesis 
cerebral cortex development + 
chondrocyte differentiation involved in endochondral bone morphogenesis + 
chorion development + 
chorion-containing eggshell pattern formation
ciliary body morphogenesis 
cingulate gyrus development
circadian regulation of gene expression 
circadian regulation of heart rate +
circadian regulation of translation 
cloaca development + 
clypeus development +
clypeus morphogenesis
coagulation + 
cochlea development + 
collecting duct development + 
comma-shaped body morphogenesis + 
common bile duct development 
compound eye cone cell fate commitment +
compound eye cone cell fate determination
compound eye cone cell fate specification +
compound eye corneal lens development + 
compound eye corneal lens morphogenesis
conidiophore stalk development +
cornea development in camera-type eye + 
corpora quadrigemina development + 
corpus callosum development + 
cortical collecting duct development + 
cranial nerve formation + 
cranial nerve morphogenesis + 
craniofacial suture morphogenesis + 
culmination involved in sorocarp development +
cupula development +
cuticle development + 
cystic duct development
cytokine production + 
dedifferentiation + 
deltoid tuberosity development 
dendrite development + 
dendritic spine development + 
dentate gyrus development 
dentate nucleus development
dermatome development + 
descending aorta development +
descending aorta morphogenesis
descending thin limb development + 
determination of adult lifespan + 
developmental growth + 
developmental growth involved in morphogenesis + 
developmental maturation + 
diencephalon development + 
diencephalon morphogenesis + 
digestion + 
digestive tract development + 
digestive tract morphogenesis + 
distal convoluted tubule development + 
dorsal appendage formation
dorsal closure, leading edge cell differentiation +
dorsal closure, leading edge cell fate commitment +
dorsal closure, leading edge cell fate determination
dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve formation +
dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve morphogenesis +
dorsal spinal cord development + 
dorsal/ventral axis specification, ovarian follicular epithelium +
early distal convoluted tubule development +
ectodermal cell fate determination
ectodermal cell fate specification + 
ectodermal placode development + 
ectodermal placode formation + 
ectodermal placode morphogenesis + 
eggshell formation +
embryo development + 
embryonic camera-type eye formation + 
embryonic heart tube elongation 
embryonic morphogenesis + 
embryonic organ development + 
endocardial cushion formation + 
endocardium development + 
endocardium formation 
endocardium morphogenesis + 
endocrine pancreas development + 
endodermal cell differentiation + 
endodermal cell fate determination 
endodermal cell fate specification + 
endothelial stalk cell fate specification
endothelial tip cell fate specification
entry into diapause +
entry into dormancy
epistomal sclerite development +
epistomal sclerite morphogenesis
epithalamus development + 
epithelial cell differentiation involved in mammary gland bud morphogenesis +
epithelial cell differentiation involved in mammary gland cord morphogenesis
establishment of anatomical structure orientation + 
establishment of tissue polarity + 
eurydendroid cell differentiation
exit from diapause +
exit from dormancy +
exocrine pancreas development 
eye field cell fate commitment involved in camera-type eye formation +
eye photoreceptor cell differentiation + 
eye photoreceptor cell fate commitment + 
eyelid development in camera-type eye 
face development + 
face morphogenesis 
fat body development +
floor plate development + 
floor plate formation 
floral whorl development +
floral whorl formation
floral whorl morphogenesis +
flower formation
foramen ovale closure 
forebrain development + 
forebrain morphogenesis + 
forebrain-midbrain boundary formation 
foregut morphogenesis + 
formation of anatomical boundary + 
formation of primary germ layer + 
fourth ventricle development 
fungiform papilla development + 
fungiform papilla formation 
fungiform papilla morphogenesis + 
gall bladder development 
genitalia development + 
germ-line cyst encapsulation +
germarium-derived egg chamber formation +
germarium-derived oocyte differentiation +
germarium-derived oocyte fate determination
gland development + 
gland morphogenesis + 
globus pallidus development 
glomerular capillary formation + 
glomerulus development + 
glomerulus morphogenesis + 
glomus development
gonad development + 
growth plate cartilage axis specification
guard cell differentiation +
guard cell fate commitment
habenula development 
hair follicle morphogenesis 
hard palate development 
hatching behavior
head development + 
head morphogenesis + 
heart development + 
heart rudiment formation +
heart valve development + 
heart valve formation + 
heart valve morphogenesis + 
heart wedging
hematopoietic or lymphoid organ development + 
hepatic duct development 
hindbrain development + 
hindbrain formation + 
hindbrain morphogenesis + 
hindgut morphogenesis + 
hippocampus development + 
His-Purkinje system development + 
hypophysis formation
hypophysis morphogenesis + 
hypothalamus development + 
imaginal disc development +
imaginal disc eversion
imaginal disc fusion +
imaginal disc fusion, thorax closure
imaginal disc-derived wing margin morphogenesis +
imaginal disc-derived wing vein morphogenesis
imaginal disc-derived wing vein specification
inferior colliculus development 
inferior olivary nucleus formation
inferior olivary nucleus morphogenesis +
inferior reticular formation development
inner cell mass cell fate commitment
inner ear development + 
inner stripe development
innervation + 
intermediate reticular formation development
intrahepatic bile duct development 
iris morphogenesis 
juxtaglomerular apparatus development + 
keratinization + 
kidney development + 
kidney rudiment formation + 
kidney vasculature morphogenesis + 
Kupffer's vesicle development 
labrum development +
labrum morphogenesis
labyrinthine layer development + 
labyrinthine layer formation
larval behavior +
larval midgut cell programmed cell death
late distal convoluted tubule development +
lateral line development +
lateral ventricle development 
layer formation in cerebral cortex + 
leaflet formation +
leaflet morphogenesis +
left horn of sinus venosus development
lens development in camera-type eye + 
lens morphogenesis in camera-type eye + 
limb bud formation + 
limb joint morphogenesis + 
liver development + 
locus ceruleus development + 
locus ceruleus formation
locus ceruleus morphogenesis +
long descending thin limb bend development +
Lugaro cell differentiation
lung alveolus development + 
lung development + 
lung lobe development + 
lung lobe formation 
lung lobe morphogenesis + 
lung saccule development + 
lymph vessel development + 
lymph vessel morphogenesis + 
lymphangiogenesis + 
macula densa development + 
maintenance of diapause +
maintenance of dormancy +
maintenance of imaginal disc-derived wing hair orientation
maintenance of root meristem identity
Malpighian tubule development +
mammary gland alveolus development + 
mammary gland formation + 
mammary gland lobule development + 
mammillary axonal complex development + 
mammillary body development + 
mammillotectal axonal tract development
mammillotegmental axonal tract development
mammillothalamic axonal tract development 
maternal placenta development + 
mechanoreceptor differentiation involved in mechanosensory epithelium regeneration +
medulla oblongata development + 
medulla oblongata formation +
medulla oblongata morphogenesis +
medullary reticular formation development + 
megagametogenesis +
membranous septum morphogenesis 
meristem determinacy +
meristem initiation +
meristem maintenance +
mesectoderm development
mesenchymal stem cell differentiation involved in nephron morphogenesis +
mesenchymal stem cell maintenance involved in nephron morphogenesis + 
mesendoderm development + 
mesodermal cell differentiation + 
mesodermal cell fate determination + 
mesodermal cell fate specification + 
metamorphosis +
metanephric cap formation +
metanephric part of ureteric bud development + 
metaxylem development +
metencephalon development + 
microgametogenesis +
micropyle formation
midbrain development + 
midbrain-hindbrain boundary development + 
midbrain-hindbrain boundary maturation during brain development 
midbrain-hindbrain boundary maturation during neural plate development
molting cycle + 
molting cycle process + 
morphogenesis of a branching structure + 
The process in which the anatomical structures of branches are generated and organized. A branch is a division or offshoot from a main stem. Examples in animals would include blood vessels, nerves, lymphatics and other endothelial or epithelial tubes.
morphogenesis of symbiont in host cell
multicellular organism adhesion +
multicellular organism growth + 
multicellular organismal development + 
multicellular organismal homeostasis + 
multicellular organismal metabolic process + 
multicellular organismal movement + 
multicellular organismal response to stress + 
multicellular organismal signaling + 
muscle attachment +
muscle structure development + 
muscular septum morphogenesis 
mushroom body development
mycelium development +
myoblast differentiation involved in skeletal muscle regeneration + 
myoblast fate commitment involved in skeletal muscle regeneration +
myoblast fate determination involved in skeletal muscle regeneration
myoblast fate specification involved in skeletal muscle regeneration
myotome development + 
myotube differentiation involved in skeletal muscle regeneration + 
nail development + 
nectary development
negative regulation of multicellular organismal process + 
nephric duct formation + 
nephric duct morphogenesis + 
nephron development + 
nephron morphogenesis + 
nephrostome development
nerve development + 
neural crest cell fate commitment + 
neural crest cell fate determination
neural crest cell fate specification
neural fold elevation formation 
neural fold hinge point formation
neural keel formation
neural nucleus development + 
neural plate formation + 
neural retina development + 
neural rod formation +
neural tube development + 
neurohypophysis development + 
neurohypophysis formation
neurohypophysis morphogenesis +
neurotrophin production + 
nipple development + 
nipple morphogenesis + 
nipple sheath formation 
notochord formation 
notum development +
notum morphogenesis
ocellus development +
ocellus morphogenesis
olfactory bulb development + 
olfactory bulb mitral cell layer development 
olfactory cortex development
olfactory lobe development + 
olfactory pit development 
ommatidial rotation
optic chiasma development 
optic cup formation involved in camera-type eye development 
optic lobe placode development +
optic vesicle formation
orbitofrontal cortex development + 
organ formation + 
organ growth + 
organ morphogenesis + 
organism emergence from protective structure + 
ossification + 
otic vesicle formation + 
otolith development + 
otolith formation +
otolith tethering
outer stripe development
outflow tract morphogenesis + 
ovule morphogenesis +
pancreas development + 
pattern specification process + 
patterning of lymph vessels
Peyer's patch morphogenesis 
pigment accumulation in tissues + 
placenta development + 
plasma lipoprotein particle clearance + 
plasma lipoprotein particle organization + 
platelet formation 
polarized epithelial cell differentiation + 
pollen germination
polyphenic determination +
pons formation +
pons morphogenesis +
positive regulation of multicellular organismal process + 
post-anal tail morphogenesis 
post-embryonic anterior midgut (ectodermal) morphogenesis
post-embryonic development + 
post-embryonic digestive tract morphogenesis + 
post-embryonic ectodermal digestive tract morphogenesis +
post-embryonic foregut morphogenesis
post-embryonic hindgut morphogenesis
post-embryonic morphogenesis + 
post-embryonic organ development + 
post-embryonic retina morphogenesis in camera-type eye 
posterior cibarial plate morphogenesis
posterior neural plate formation +
prechordal plate formation 
primary growth
primitive streak formation + 
proboscis development +
proboscis morphogenesis, clypeo-labral disc-derived
proboscis morphogenesis, eye-antennal disc-derived
proboscis morphogenesis, labial disc-derived
production of molecular mediator involved in inflammatory response + 
progression of morphogenetic furrow involved in compound eye morphogenesis
prostate gland stromal morphogenesis 
pseudocleavage +
pupariation
pupation
R8 cell fate specification
R8 cell-mediated photoreceptor organization
regeneration + 
regionalization involved in semicircular canal formation
regulation of anatomical structure morphogenesis + 
regulation of body fluid levels + 
renal capsule formation + 
renal capsule morphogenesis + 
renal capsule specification + 
renal system vasculature morphogenesis + 
renal vesicle formation + 
respiratory gaseous exchange + 
respiratory tube development + 
response to dietary excess + 
retina layer formation + 
retina morphogenesis in camera-type eye + 
retina vasculature morphogenesis in camera-type eye + 
retinal bipolar neuron differentiation 
retinal cell programmed cell death + 
retinal cone cell fate determination
retinal cone cell fate specification +
rhombomere formation + 
rhombomere morphogenesis + 
roof plate formation 
root development +
root epidermal cell differentiation +
root morphogenesis +
S-shaped body morphogenesis + 
satellite cell maintenance involved in skeletal muscle regeneration + 
scab formation
secretion by tissue + 
seed dormancy process +
seed germination +
selective angioblast sprouting +
semicircular canal formation + 
sensory organ development + 
sensory organ precursor cell fate determination
shoot system development +
shoot system morphogenesis +
sleep + 
slug development involved in sorocarp development
somite rostral/caudal axis specification 
somite specification 
somitogenesis + 
sorocarp morphogenesis +
sorocarp stalk morphogenesis
specification of nephron tubule identity + 
specification of organ axis polarity
specification of organ identity + 
specification of organ position 
specification of ovule identity
Spemann organizer formation + 
spiracle morphogenesis, open tracheal system
sporulation +
stem cell maintenance + 
sternite morphogenesis
stomatal complex formation
stomatal complex morphogenesis +
submandibular salivary gland formation 
superior olivary nucleus formation
superior olivary nucleus morphogenesis +
swim bladder development +
swim bladder inflation
syncytium formation + 
system process + 
tail tip morphogenesis
taste bud formation
taste bud morphogenesis +
tendon cell differentiation + 
tendon formation + 
tergite morphogenesis
tissue migration + 
tissue morphogenesis + 
tissue remodeling + 
tooth eruption
tooth mineralization + 
trabecula formation + 
trabecula morphogenesis + 
trachea development + 
tracheal pit formation in open tracheal system
transforming growth factor beta activation +
trichoblast fate specification +
trophectodermal cell differentiation + 
trophectodermal cell fate commitment 
tropism +
tube formation + 
tube morphogenesis + 
umbilical cord morphogenesis 
ureter development + 
ureter part of ureteric bud development
urethra development +
urinary bladder development 
uterus development + 
vascular transport + 
vasculogenesis + 
ventral cord development
ventral furrow formation
vibrational conductance of sound to the inner ear
visual behavior + 
paths to the root

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