Category:GO:0007610 ! behavior

name: behavior
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0023032
alt_id: GO:0044708
alt_id: GO:0044709
def: "The internally coordinated responses (actions or inactions) of animals (individuals or groups) to internal or external stimuli, via a mechanism that involves nervous system activity." [GOC:ems, GOC:jl, ISBN:0395448956, PMID:20160973]
comment: 1. Note that this term is in the subset of terms that should not be used for direct gene product annotation. Instead, select a child term or, if no appropriate child term exists, please request a new term. Direct annotations to this term may be amended during annotation reviews.n2. While a broader definition of behavior encompassing plants and single cell organisms would be justified on the basis of some usage (see PMID:20160973 for discussion), GO uses a tight definition that limits behavior to animals and to responses involving the nervous system, excluding plant responses that GO classifies under development, and responses of unicellular organisms that has general classifications for covering the responses of cells in multicellular organisms (e.g. cell chemotaxis).
subset: gocheck_do_not_annotate
subset: goslim_agr
subset: goslim_flybase_ribbon
synonym: "behavioral response to stimulus" EXACT []
synonym: "behaviour" EXACT []
synonym: "behavioural response to stimulus" EXACT []
synonym: "single-organism behavior" RELATED []
xref: Wikipedia:Behavior
is_a: GO:0032501 ! multicellular organismal process
disjoint_from: GO:0032502 ! developmental process

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