eggshell chorion gene amplification

id: GO:0007307
name: eggshell chorion gene amplification
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Amplification by up to 60-fold of the loci containing the chorion gene clusters. Amplification is necessary for the rapid synthesis of chorion proteins by the follicle cells, and occurs by repeated firing of one or more origins located within each gene cluster.

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