loading...| Preferred Name | intromittent organ | |
| Synonyms |
aedeagus penis copulatory organ |
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| Definitions |
An external organ of a male organism that is specialized to deliver sperm during copulation. Intromittent organs are found most often in terrestrial species, as most aquatic species fertilize their eggs externally, although there are exceptions[WP]. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008811 |
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| curator note |
this is a broad grouping class connecting a number of different analagous organs by their function. We place the insect aedeagus here rather than penis, although this is somewhat arbitrary given the broadness of the current definition |
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| database_cross_reference |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intromittent_organ AAO:0010255 TAO:0002036 TGMA:0000585 FBbt:00004850 HAO:0000091 |
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| date_retrieved |
2012-08-14 |
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| definition |
An external organ of a male organism that is specialized to deliver sperm during copulation. Intromittent organs are found most often in terrestrial species, as most aquatic species fertilize their eggs externally, although there are exceptions[WP]. |
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| external_class |
TAO:0002036 |
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| external_definition |
Surface structure that is an external structure of a male organism through which sperm is transferred to a female organism during mating.[TAO] |
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| has_narrow_synonym |
aedeagus penis |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
copulatory organ |
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| id |
UBERON:0008811 |
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| imported from |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/releases/2018-11-25/uberon.owl |
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| in_subset | ||
| label |
intromittent organ |
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| notation |
UBERON:0008811 |
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| ontology |
TAO |
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| prefLabel |
intromittent organ |
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| source |
TAO:wd |
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| subClassOf |