Category:GO:0030703 ! eggshell formation

id: GO:0030703

name: eggshell formation
namespace: biological_process
def: "Construction of the eggshell, a product of the somatic follicle cell epithelium and a structure that supports the egg in a hostile environment, minimizing water loss whilst allowing gas exchanges essential for embryonic respiration." [GOC:mtg_sensu, ISBN:0879694238, PMID:10822261]
is_a: GO:0003006 ! developmental process involved in reproduction
is_a: GO:0048646 ! anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis
relationship: part_of: GO:0048477 ! oogenesis

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0030703</GOterm>
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