AmiGO 2: Term Details for "polytene chromosome" (GO:0005700)

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
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to polytene chromosome (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to polytene chromosome (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for polytene chromosome (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
polytene chromosome	is_a	chromosome (GO:0005694)
polytene chromosome	RO:0002162	cellular organisms (NCBITaxon:131567)

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