Term Name: developmental process involved in reproduction
Synonyms: puberty, reproductive developmental process
Definition: A developmental process in which a progressive change in the state of some part of an organism, germline or somatic, specifically contributes to its ability to form offspring.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0003006]   QuickGO   AmiGO

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is part of: reproduction
is a type of: developmental process reproductive process
has subtype: acquisition of desiccation tolerance in seed acrosome assembly actinomycete-type spore formation aerial mycelium formation anterior/posterior axis specification, follicular epithelium anther development anther septum development anther wall tapetum cell differentiation anther wall tapetum cell fate specification anther wall tapetum development anther wall tapetum formation anther wall tapetum morphogenesis antral ovarian follicle growth apical cell fate commitment ascospore release from ascus ascospore wall assembly ascospore-type prospore assembly ascospore-type prospore membrane formation asexual spore wall assembly branching involved in seminal vesicle morphogenesis cell differentiation involved in embryonic placenta development cell morphogenesis involved in conjugation with cellular fusion centrosomal and pronuclear rotation chorion micropyle formation chorion-containing eggshell pattern formation cleistothecium formation conidiophore stalk development cotyledon morphogenesis cumulus cell differentiation decidualization development of primary sexual characteristics development of secondary sexual characteristics dichotomous subdivision of prostate epithelial cord terminal unit donor selection dorsal appendage formation dorsal/ventral axis specification, ovarian follicular epithelium ectopic germ cell programmed cell death egg chorion assembly eggshell formation embryo development ending in seed dormancy embryo sac egg cell differentiation embryonic meristem development endosperm development epithelial cell differentiation involved in prostate gland development epithelial cell maturation involved in prostate gland development epithelial cell morphogenesis involved in placental branching establishment of floral organ orientation floral meristem determinacy floral meristem growth floral organ abscission floral organ development floral organ formation floral organ morphogenesis floral organ senescence floral whorl development floral whorl formation floral whorl morphogenesis floral whorl structural organization flower formation flower morphogenesis flower structural organization follicle cell of egg chamber development follicle cell of egg chamber stalk formation fruit morphogenesis fruit replum development fruit ripening fruit septum development fruit valve development genital disc sexually dimorphic development genitalia morphogenesis germ cell development germ-line cyst encapsulation germarium-derived egg chamber formation germarium-derived oocyte fate determination gonad morphogenesis gonadal mesoderm development growth of a germarium-derived egg chamber Hulle cell development inflorescence meristem growth inflorescence morphogenesis integument development Leydig cell differentiation longitudinal axis specification male anatomical structure morphogenesis mammary gland branching involved in pregnancy mammary gland branching involved in thelarche maternal placenta development mating projection actin fusion focus assembly mating projection formation menstrual cycle mesenchymal-epithelial cell signaling involved in prostate induction metula development microsporocyte differentiation Mullerian duct regression Nebenkern assembly nectary development nurse cell apoptotic process oocyte axis specification oocyte construction oocyte differentiation oocyte fate commitment oocyte growth oocyte maturation oocyte morphogenesis ovarian follicle atresia ovarian follicle development ovary septum development oviduct epithelium development oviduct morphogenesis paramesonephric duct development phialide development plant ovule development plant ovule morphogenesis plantlet formation on parent plant pole cell development pole cell fate determination pole cell formation pollen sperm cell differentiation pollen tube development pollen tube growth primary shoot apical meristem specification primary spermatocyte growth prostate field specification prostate gland epithelium morphogenesis prostate gland growth prostate gland morphogenesis prostate gland stromal morphogenesis prostate glandular acinus development reproductive structure development root meristem specification seed coat development seed dormancy process seed maturation seed morphogenesis seed trichome differentiation seed trichome elongation seed trichome initiation seed trichome maturation seminal vesicle epithelium development seminal vesicle morphogenesis Sertoli cell development Sertoli cell differentiation Sertoli cell fate commitment sex determination sex determination, establishment of X:A ratio sex determination, primary response to X:A ratio sex differentiation sex-specific pigmentation sexual spore wall assembly sexual sporulation smooth muscle cell differentiation involved in prostate glandular acinus development specification of floral organ identity specification of floral organ number specification of ovule identity sperm axoneme assembly sperm capacitation sperm flagellum assembly sperm individualization spermatid differentiation spermatogenesis spore-bearing structure formation stamen filament development stigma development stomium development style development substrate mycelium formation synergid death tertiary branching involved in mammary gland duct morphogenesis uterus morphogenesis vegetative to reproductive phase transition of meristem vitelline membrane formation