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pollen development

Term Information

Accession
GO:0009555
Name
pollen development
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
formation of generative and vegetative cells, male gametophyte development, male gametophyte formation, microgametophyte development, pollen grain formation
Alternate IDs
GO:0009564, GO:0048231
Definition
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the pollen grain over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The process begins with the meiosis of the microsporocyte to form four haploid microspores. The nucleus of each microspore then divides by mitosis to form a two-celled organism, the pollen grain, that contains a tube cell as well as a smaller generative cell. The pollen grain is surrounded by an elaborate cell wall. In some species, the generative cell immediately divides again to give a pair of sperm cells. In most flowering plants, however this division takes place later, in the tube that develops when a pollen grain germinates. Source: GOC:mtg_plant, GOC:tb, GOC:mtg_sensu
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0009555 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of pollen development (GO:0009555)
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pollen development [is_a relation] is_a  gametophyte development (GO:0048229)
Children of pollen development (GO:0009555)
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microsporogenesis (GO:0009556) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pollen development
pollen wall assembly (GO:0010208) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pollen development
pollen maturation (GO:0010152) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pollen development
microgametogenesis (GO:0055046) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pollen development
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