FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term pole cell formation ID (Ontology) GO:0007279 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Formation of a small group of cells (pole cells) at the posterior pole of the insect blastula. They are the first cells to cellularize after the arrival of nuclei at the end of the syncytial blastula stage and are the precursors to the insect germ cells.[ PubMed:9988212 ]
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      22
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 pole cell formation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      22
     involved_in | pole cell formation      22
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 |__developmental process involved in reproduction________
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 |__developmental process involved in reproduction________|
anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis  |
 |__cellularization_______________________________________|
                                                          pole cell formation  22 rec.
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Is a developmental process involved in reproduction
cellularization
Part of pole cell development
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