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Category:GO:0030437 ! ascospore formation
name: ascospore formation
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0007151
def: "The process in which cells that are products of meiosis acquire the specialized features of ascospores. Ascospores are generally found in clusters of four or eight spores within a single mother cell, the ascus, and are characteristic of the ascomycete fungi (phylum Ascomycota)." [GOC:di, GOC:mah, GOC:mcc, PMID:16339736]
comment: Note that ascospores and asci are separate biological structures. The ascus is the structure that contain the ascospores, but the development of the ascus is a different process than the formation of the ascospores themselves; for instance, some mutations affect sporulation without affecting ascus development. For this reason, GO:0030437 ascospore formation and GO:0075317 ascus development are different terms and are not linked.
subset: goslim_pombe
synonym: "ascospore biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "spore formation" BROAD []
synonym: "sporulation" BROAD []
is_a: GO:0022413 ! reproductive process in single-celled organism
is_a: GO:0043935 ! sexual sporulation resulting in formation of a cellular spore
is_a: GO:0048468 ! cell development
is_a: GO:1903046 ! meiotic cell cycle process
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<GOterm>GO:0030437</GOterm>
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