| Term: | liver determination of liver left/right asymmetry |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | determination of liver left/right asymmetry |
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| Definition: | Determination of the asymmetric location of the liver with respect to the left and right halves of the organism. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0071910] QuickGO AmiGO |