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VERTEBRATE TRAIT ONTOLOGY - ANNOTATIONS

The Vertebrate Trait Ontology (VT) is being developed as a collaborative effort between the Rat Genome Database at the Medical College of Wisconsin (RGD, http://rgd.mcw.edu), Mouse Genome Informatics at the Jackson Laboratory (http://www.informatics.jax.org/) and the Animal QTL database at Iowa State University (http://www.animalgenome.org/cgi-bin/QTLdb/index). For more information about this vocabulary, or to request additions or changes, please contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).

Term:lymphangiogenesis trait
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Accession:VT:0008778 term browser browse the term
Definition:Any measurable or observable characteristic related to the formation of lymphatic vessels, tubular vessels involved in the transport of lymph and lymphocytes.
Comment:Do not use for the initial specification of lymphatic vessels in early development trait; use for the remodeling of pre-existing lymphatic vessels. This term is similar to angiogenesis for blood vessel remodeling.



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    organ system trait 1991
      immune system trait 54
        immune system development trait 5
          lymphangiogenesis trait 0
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