id | GO:0042810   Detailed information
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  name | pheromone metabolic process
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving pheromones, a substance that is secreted and released by an organism and detected by a second organism of the same or a closely related species, in which it causes a specific reaction, such as a definite behavioral reaction or a developmental process." [ISBN:0198506732]
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  subset | goslim_pir
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  is_a | GO:0019748 ! secondary metabolic process
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  is_a | GO:0042445 ! hormone metabolic process
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  is_a | GO:0044237 ! cellular metabolic process
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