nurse cell apoptosis
id: GO:0045476
name: nurse cell apoptosis
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The process in which nurse cells undergo apoptosis. During late oogenesis, following the transfer of substances from the nurse cells to the oocyte, nurse cell remnants are cleared from the egg chamber by apoptosis.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006915 | apoptosis |
GO:0048610 | cellular process involved in reproduction |