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The process whereby 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). A process, occurring at the cellular level, that is involved in the reproductive function of a single-celled organism. Any process that activates, maintains or increases the frequency, rate or extent of ascospore formation, a process by which a sexual spore, named ascospore, from Ascomycete fungi was produced inside an ascus. A process, occurring at the cellular level, that is involved in the reproductive function of a multicellular or single-celled organism. The formation of spores derived from the products of meiosis. The process by which an ascospore wall is synthesized, aggregates, and bonds together. A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a cell over time from an initial condition to a later condition. The process whereby relatively unspecialized cells, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cells, acquire specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize the cells, tissues, or organs of the mature organism or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state. The process by which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a cellular spore, a cell form that can be used for dissemination, for survival of adverse conditions because of its heat and dessication resistance, and/or for reproduction. The formation of spores derived from the products of meiosis. A cellular spore is a cell form that can be used for dissemination, for survival of adverse conditions because of its heat and dessication resistance, and/or for reproduction. During ascospore formation, the process by which each haploid nucleus becomes encapsulated by a double membrane. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of ascospore formation. An example of this process is found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Cell development does not include the steps involved in committing a cell to a specific fate. The biological process in which new individuals are produced by one or two single-celled organisms. The new individuals inherit some proportion of their genetic material from the parent or parents. Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of ascospore formation, a process by which a sexual spore, named ascospore, from Ascomycete fungi was produced inside an ascus.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: ascospore formation
Acc: GO:0030437
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby 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).
Synonyms:
  • spore formation
  • ascospore biosynthesis
  • GO:0007151
  • sporulation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0030437 - ascospore formation (interactive image map)
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