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GO:0008150
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biological_process
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Any process specifically pertinent to the functioning of integrated living units: cells, tissues, organs, and organisms. A process is a collection of molecular events with a defined beginning and end. |
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GO:0051704
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multi-organism process
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A biological process which involves another organism of the same or different species. |
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GO:0040007
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growth
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The increase in size or mass of an entire organism, a part of an organism or a cell. |
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GO:0044403
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symbiosis, encompassing mutualism through parasitism
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An interaction between two organisms living together in more or less intimate association. Microscopic symbionts are often referred to as endosymbionts. The various forms of symbiosis include parasitism, in which the association is disadvantageous or destructive to one of the organisms; mutualism, in which the association is advantageous, or often necessary to one or both and not harmful to either; and commensalism, in which one member of the association benefits while the other is not affected. However, mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism are often not discrete categories of interactions and should rather be perceived as a continuum of interaction ranging from parasitism to mutualism. In fact, the direction of a symbiotic interaction can change during the lifetime of the symbionts due to developmental changes as well as changes in the biotic/abiotic environment in which the interaction occurs. |
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GO:0044419
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interspecies interaction between organisms
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Any process in which an organism has an effect on an organism of a different species. |
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GO:0044110
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growth involved in symbiotic interaction
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The increase in size or mass of an organism occurring when the organism is in a symbiotic interaction. |
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GO:0044116
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growth of symbiont involved in interaction with host
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The increase in size or mass of an organism, occurring in, on or near the exterior of its host organism. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction. |
