GO biological process ontology term - GO:0030437 - ascospore formation
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0030437
- Name
- ascospore formation
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The process in which 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).
