synergid death

id: GO:0010198
name: synergid death
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Synergid cells undergo degeneration and death in response to penetration by the pollen tube. It is an active process that involves a dramatic decrease in cell volume, collapse of the vacuoles, and complete disintegration of the plasma membrane and most organelles.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0003006developmental process involved in reproduction
GO:0010623developmental programmed cell death
GO:0048610cellular process involved in reproduction