FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term germ cell development ID (Ontology) GO:0007281 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process whose specific outcome is the progression of an immature germ cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure (gamete). A germ cell is any reproductive cell in a multicellular organism.
Also Known As "germ-cell development"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      53
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 germ cell development (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      53
     involved_in | germ cell development      53
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 |__cellular process involved in reproduction in multicellular organism__
sexual reproduction                                                      |
 |__gamete generation____________________________________________________|
reproductive process                                                     |
 |__developmental process involved in reproduction_______________________|
cell differentiation                                                     |
 |__cell development_____________________________________________________|
developmental process                                                    |
 |__developmental process involved in reproduction_______________________|
multicellular organismal reproductive process                            |
 |__gamete generation____________________________________________________|
 |__cellular process involved in reproduction in multicellular organism__|
anatomical structure development                                         |
 |__cell development_____________________________________________________|
cellular developmental process                                           |
 |__cell development_____________________________________________________|
                                                                         germ cell development  1444 rec.
                                                                          |__cystoblast division 22 rec.
                                                                          |   |__germarium-derived cystoblast division 13 rec.
                                                                          |__genomic imprinting 1 rec.
                                                                          |   |__autosome genomic imprinting
                                                                          |   |__epigenetic programming in the central cell
                                                                          |   |__inactivation of paternal X chromosome by genomic imprinting
                                                                          |__germ-line cyst formation 33 rec.
                                                                          |   |__female germ-line cyst formation(+) 25 rec.
                                                                          |   |__male germ-line cyst formation 2 rec.
                                                                          |__germ-line stem cell division 41 rec.
                                                                          |   |__germline stem cell asymmetric division(+) 24 rec.
                                                                          |   |__germline stem cell symmetric division(+) 4 rec.
                                                                          |__oocyte development 169 rec.
                                                                          |   |__oocyte construction(+) 151 rec.
                                                                          |   |__oocyte growth(+) 7 rec.
                                                                          |   |__oocyte maturation(+) 4 rec.
                                                                          |   |__oocyte morphogenesis 3 rec.
                                                                          |   |__regulation of oocyte development(+)
                                                                          |__oogenesis 1307 rec.
                                                                          |   |__egg coat formation(+) 13 rec.
                                                                          |   |__eggshell formation(+) 61 rec.
                                                                          |   |__female germ-line cyst formation(+) 25 rec.
                                                                          |   |__female germ-line stem cell asymmetric division 19 rec.
                                                                          |   |__follicle cell of egg chamber development(+) 277 rec.
                                                                          |   |__germarium-derived egg chamber formation(+) 106 rec.
                                                                          |   |__growth of a germarium-derived egg chamber(+) 10 rec.
                                                                          |   |__mammalian oogenesis stage(+)
                                                                          |   |__nurse cell apoptotic process(+) 18 rec.
                                                                          |   |__oocyte differentiation(+) 192 rec.
                                                                          |   |__oocyte karyosome formation(+) 32 rec.
                                                                          |   |__ovarian nurse cell to oocyte transport(+) 32 rec.
                                                                          |   |__regulation of oogenesis(+) 3 rec.
                                                                          |__spermatid development 137 rec.
                                                                              |__acrosome assembly(+) 2 rec.
                                                                              |__intramanchette transport
                                                                              |__manchette assembly
                                                                              |__manchette disassembly
                                                                              |__Nebenkern assembly 5 rec.
                                                                              |__sperm capacitation(+) 2 rec.
                                                                              |__sperm flagellum assembly(+) 34 rec.
                                                                              |__sperm individualization(+) 62 rec.
                                                                              |__spermatid nucleus differentiation(+) 27 rec.
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Is a developmental process involved in reproduction
cellular process involved in reproduction in multicellular organism
cell development
Part of gamete generation
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Synonyms
  • "gametogenesis" NARROW
    "germ-cell development" EXACT
    "primordial germ cell development" NARROW
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Reactome:R-HSA-9827857 "Specification of primordial germ cells"