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A biological process that directly contributes to the process of producing new individuals by one or two organisms. The new individuals inherit some proportion of their genetic material from the parent or parents. The orderly movement of a cell specialized to produce haploid gametes through the embryo from its site of production to the place where the gonads will form. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the pole cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The generation and maintenance of gametes in a multicellular organism. A gamete is a haploid reproductive cell. Generation of the female gamete; specialised haploid cells produced by meiosis and along with a male gamete takes part in sexual reproduction. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of an immature germ cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure (gamete). A germ cell is any reproductive cell in a multicellular organism. The process, occurring above the cellular level, that is pertinent to the reproductive function of a multicellular organism. This includes the integrated processes at the level of tissues and organs. The regular alternation, in the life cycle of haplontic, diplontic and diplohaplontic organisms, of meiosis and fertilization which provides for the production offspring. In diplontic organisms there is a life cycle in which the products of meiosis behave directly as gametes, fusing to form a zygote from which the diploid, or sexually reproductive polyploid, adult organism will develop. In diplohaplontic organisms a haploid phase (gametophyte) exists in the life cycle between meiosis and fertilization (e.g. higher plants, many algae and Fungi); the products of meiosis are spores that develop as haploid individuals from which haploid gametes develop to form a diploid zygote; diplohaplontic organisms show an alternation of haploid and diploid generations. In haplontic organisms meiosis occurs in the zygote, giving rise to four haploid cells (e.g. many algae and protozoa), only the zygote is diploid and this may form a resistant spore, tiding organisms over hard times. Generation of the male gamete; specialised haploid cells produced by meiosis and along with a female gamete takes part in sexual reproduction. Any biological process, occurring at the level of a multicellular organism, pertinent to its function. Formation of a single follicular epithelium around the germ-line derived cells of a cyst. The production by an organism of new individuals that contain some portion of their genetic material inherited from that organism. The covalent transfer of a methyl group to C-5 of cytosine that contributes to the establishment of DNA methylation patterns in the gamete. The biological process by which new individuals are produced by one or two multicellular organisms. The new individuals inherit some proportion of their genetic material from the parent or parents.

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GO TERM SUMMARY

Name: gamete generation
Acc: GO:0007276
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The generation and maintenance of gametes in a multicellular organism. A gamete is a haploid reproductive cell.
Synonyms:
  • GO:0009552
  • gametogenesis
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 890 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 2649 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0007276 - gamete generation (interactive image map)

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