| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process |
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| Synonyms: | fatty acid desaturation, polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis, unsaturated fatty acid anabolism, unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis, unsaturated fatty acid formation, unsaturated fatty acid synthesis |
| Definition: | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of an unsaturated fatty acid, any fatty acid containing one or more double bonds between carbon atoms. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0006636] QuickGO AmiGO |