Phenotype ontology term - FYPO:0003099 - normal heterochromatin assembly

Term summary

ID

FYPO:0003099

Name

normal heterochromatin assembly

Ontology or CV name

Phenotype

Definition

A cellular process phenotype observed in the vegetative growth phase of the life cycle in which heterochromatin assembly is normal (i.e. indistinguishable from wild type). Heterochromatin assembly is the assembly of chromatin into a compact and highly condensed form that is often, but not always, transcriptionally silent.

Parents

• is_a normal cellular process

Annotation