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Ensembl Get Ontology Ancestors

Get ancestor terms for a GO (Gene Ontology) term. Returns parent terms up the ontology hierarchy showing broader biological concepts. Use this to understand term relationships and perform hierarchical analysis.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 101msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 101ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "description": "GO term ID (e.g., 'GO:0005737' for cytoplasm)",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Ensembl Get Ontology Ancestors call

public-safeinput

{
  "id": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_ensembl_get_ontology_ancestors
Tool name: ensembl_get_ontology_ancestors
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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