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Category:GO:0140084 ! sexual macrocyst formation
name: sexual macrocyst formation
namespace: biological_process
def: "The fusion of haploid amoebae cells with matching mating types to form a larger cell, which ingests additional amoebae and forms a cellulose wall. The resulting macrocyst undergoes recombination and meiosis followed by release of haploid amoebae. An example of this process can be found in Dictyostelium discoideum." [PMID:16592095, PMID:20089169]
synonym: "macrocyst formation" RELATED []
synonym: "sexual fusion" RELATED []
is_a: GO:0022413 ! reproductive process in single-celled organism
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<GOterm>GO:0140084</GOterm>
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