copulatory apparatus

The Planarian Anatomoy Ontology (PLANA) is a collection of terms curated from the literature and other organism anatomy ontologies to describe anatomical features, life cycle stages and developmental processes in the regenerative flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea. The latest version of the PLANA Ontology is available through the Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry (OBO) . PLANA Ontology terms are searchable at the EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service (OLS) and the PLANA Ontology Terms Page.

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Planarian Anatomy Ontology Term Overview

NAME:

  copulatory apparatus

DEFINITON:

  Accessory reproductive structures involved in copulation, egg capsule development and laying.

TERM DEFINITION CITATIONS:

  PMID:22074376

TERM ID:

  PLANA:0000232

ABOUT THIS TERM:

  copulatory apparatus "is a" multicellular anatomical structure

  copulatory apparatus "contained in" copulatory region

  copulatory apparatus "existence overlaps" juvenile and sexually mature adult

  copulatory apparatus "existence starts at point" juvenile

  copulatory apparatus "part of" reproductive system

  copulatory apparatus "specific_to" Smed sexual biotype

  seminal vesicle, copulatory bursa, cement gland, penis papilla, bursal canal and gonopore "is a" copulatory apparatus

BROWSE ONTOLOGY TREE (IN OLS):

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Planarian Anatomy Ontology