Category:GO:0007531 ! mating type determination

name: mating type determination
namespace: biological_process
def: "Any process that establishes and transmits the specification of mating type upon an individual. Mating types are the equivalent in microorganisms of the sexes in higher organisms." [1]
is_a: GO:0007530 ! sex determination
is_a: GO:0045165 ! cell fate commitment
is_a: GO:0048610 ! cellular process involved in reproduction

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 3 child terms, out of 3 total.

• [+] GO:0007532 ! regulation of mating-type specific transcription, DNA-dependent (3)
• [+] GO:0007532 ! regulation of transcription, mating-type specific (2)
• [+] GO:0007533 ! mating type switching (5)