Mouse Gene Set: GOBP_OPTIC_NERVE_DEVELOPMENT

For the Human gene set with the same name, see GOBP_OPTIC_NERVE_DEVELOPMENT

Standard name GOBP_OPTIC_NERVE_DEVELOPMENT
Systematic name MM6040
Brief description The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the optic nerve over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The sensory optic nerve originates from the bipolar cells of the retina and conducts visual information to the brainstem. The optic nerve exits the back of the eye in the orbit, enters the optic canal, and enters the central nervous system at the optic chiasm (crossing) where the nerve fibers become the optic tract just prior to entering the hindbrain. [GO_REF:0000021, GOC:cls, GOC:dgh, GOC:dph, GOC:jid, ISBN:0838580343]
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Collection M5: Ontology
      GO: Gene Ontology
            GO:BP: GO Biological Process
Source publication  
Exact source GO:0021554
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External links http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0021554
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Source species Mus musculus
Contributed by Gene Ontology (Gene Ontology Consortium)
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identifier namespace		 Mouse_NCBI_Gene_ID
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Version history 2026.1.Mm: Updated to GO Release 2025-10-10.


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