Term Name: regionalization
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Definition: The pattern specification process that results in the subdivision of an axis or axes in space to define an area or volume in which specific patterns of cell differentiation will take place or in which cells interpret a specific environment.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0003002]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: pattern specification process
has subtype: adaxial/abaxial pattern specification anterior/posterior pattern specification bud field specification centrolateral pattern formation cerebral cortex regionalization chorion-containing eggshell pattern formation cuticle pattern formation dorsal/ventral pattern formation forebrain regionalization formation of animal organ boundary ground tissue pattern formation imaginal disc pattern formation imaginal disc-derived wing vein specification left/right pattern formation limb epidermis stratification midbrain-hindbrain boundary initiation neural plate regionalization neural tube patterning periodic partitioning petal epidermis patterning proximal/distal pattern formation R8 cell-mediated photoreceptor organization radial pattern formation regionalization involved in semicircular canal formation renal capsule specification segmentation specification of animal organ identity specification of animal organ position specification of ovule identity specification of plant organ identity specification of plant organ number specification of plant organ position spinal cord patterning stomatal complex patterning telencephalon regionalization trichome patterning tripartite regional subdivision ventral midline determination vertebrate eye-specific patterning wing and notum subfield formation xylem and phloem pattern formation