ascospore formation
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0030437
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). [ GOC:mah GOC:di http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16339736 GOC:mcc ]
Synonyms: ascospore biosynthesis
Term info
goslim_pombe
Note that ascospores and asci are separate biological structures. The ascus is the structure that contain the ascospores, but the development of the ascus is a different process than the formation of the ascospores themselves; for instance, some mutations affect sporulation without affecting ascus development. For this reason, GO:0030437 ascospore formation and GO:0075317 ascus development are different terms and are not linked.
GO:0007151
spore formation, sporulation
biological_process
GO:0030437