OntologiesfypoclassesGO:0030437   
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ascospore formationImported
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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).

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, ascospore formationgo ascospore formation and ascus developmentgo ascus development are different terms and are not linked.

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Exact Synonyms
ascospore biosynthesis
Broad Synonyms
spore formation
sporulation