WormBase Tree Display for WBProcess: WBbiopr:00000067
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| WBbiopr:00000067 | Public_name | Reproduction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | A fundamental biological process resulting in the production of offspring. In C. elegans, reproduction can result from self-fertilization within a hermaphrodite or by fertilization by mating of a male and hermaphrodite. In C. elegans, during the fourth larval stage of hermaphrodite development, the germline undergoes spermatogenesis to make functional sperm that are stored in the the gonad. In the adult stage, the germline ceases spermatogenesis and switches to oogenesis to produce oocytes that are fertilized by the previously generated spermatozoa or by spermatozoa deposited into the spermatheca during mating with a male. The embryos produced by self-fertilization are encased in an eggshell and initiate development within the uterus of the hermaphrodite. When they reach about the 30-cell stage, the egg-embryos are laid by the hermaphrodite through a vulva. | ||
| Related_topic | Generalisation_of | WBbiopr:00000011 | |
| WBbiopr:00000012 | |||
| WBbiopr:00000059 | |||
| WBbiopr:00000068 | |||
| WBbiopr:00000069 | |||
| Involved_entity | Gene (17) | ||
| Interaction | WBInteraction000524799 | ||
| WBInteraction000524800 | |||
| WBInteraction000525385 | |||
| WBInteraction000537478 | |||
| WBInteraction000578879 | |||
| WBInteraction000578889 | |||
| Associated_with | GO_term | GO:0000003 | |
| GO:0032504 | |||
| Reference | WBPaper00027238 | ||
| WBPaper00027300 |
