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Construction of the vitelline membrane portion of the egg shell, a rigid structure required to maintain the shape of the egg. 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 complete process of formation and maturation of an ovum or female gamete from a primordial female germ cell. Examples of this process are found in Mus musculus and Drosophila melanogaster. Any process that is carried out at the cellular level, but not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level. A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of an extracellular matrix. A process, occurring at the cellular level, that is involved in the reproductive function of a multicellular or single-celled organism. A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of structures in the space external to the outermost structure of a cell. For cells without external protective or external encapsulating structures this refers to space outside of the plasma membrane, and also covers the host cell environment outside an intracellular parasite. Construction of the vitelline membrane portion of a chorion-containing eggshell. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster. Generation of the female gamete; specialised haploid cells produced by meiosis and along with a male gamete takes part in sexual reproduction.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: vitelline membrane formation
Acc: GO:0030704
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Construction of the vitelline membrane portion of the egg shell, a rigid structure required to maintain the shape of the egg.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0030704 - vitelline membrane formation (interactive image map)
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