| id | GO:0007390 Detailed information
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| name | germ-band shortening
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The spreading of the amnioserosa from its compressed state to cover the whole of the dorsal surface. Initiating in the thorax and spreading posteriorly, it is accompanied by the transition from a parasegmental to segmental division of the embryo." [GOC:bf, PMID:12147138]
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| synonym | "germ-band retraction" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0048598 ! embryonic morphogenesis
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| relationship | part_of GO:0001700 ! embryonic development via the syncytial blastoderm
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