Planteome: Term Details for "sexual macrocyst formation" (GO:0140084)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0140084
Name: sexual macrocyst formation
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: macrocyst formation, sexual fusion
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: 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. Source: PMID:20089169, PMID:16592095
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0140084 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to sexual macrocyst formation.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to sexual macrocyst formation.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for sexual macrocyst formation.
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