AmiGO 2: Term Details for "ovarian follicle atresia" (GO:0001552)

Accession: GO:0001552
Name: ovarian follicle atresia
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A periodic process in which immature ovarian follicles degenerate and are subsequently re-absorbed. Source: PMID:18638134, GOC:mtg_apoptosis
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0001552 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: has participant ovarian follicle
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to ovarian follicle atresia (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to ovarian follicle atresia (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for ovarian follicle atresia (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
ovarian follicle atresia	is_a	developmental process involved in reproduction (GO:0003006)
ovarian follicle atresia	RO:0002162	Metazoa (NCBITaxon:33208)
ovarian follicle atresia	BFO:0000050	female gonad development (GO:0008585)
ovarian follicle atresia	BFO:0000051	extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway (GO:0097191)
ovarian follicle atresia	RO:0000057	ovarian follicle (UBERON:0001305)

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