ascospore formation

id: GO:0030437
name: ascospore formation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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).

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