germarium-derived cystoblast division

id: GO:0048142
name: germarium-derived cystoblast division
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The four rounds of incomplete mitosis undergone by a cystoblast derived from the germarium to form a 16-cell cyst. Within the cyst, one cell differentiates into an oocyte while the rest become nurse cells. An example of this process is found in Drosophila melanogaster.

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