AmiGO 2: Term Details for "negative regulation of fertilization" (GO:0060467)

Accession: GO:0060467
Name: negative regulation of fertilization
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Any process that decreases the rate, frequency or extent of fertilization. Fertilization is the union of gametes of opposite sexes during the process of sexual reproduction to form a zygote. It involves the fusion of the gametic nuclei (karyogamy) and cytoplasm (plasmogamy). Source: GOC:dph
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0060467 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to negative regulation of fertilization (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to negative regulation of fertilization (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for negative regulation of fertilization (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
negative regulation of fertilization	is_a	negative regulation of reproductive process (GO:2000242)
negative regulation of fertilization	RO:0002212	fertilization (GO:0009566)
negative regulation of fertilization	is_a	regulation of fertilization (GO:0080154)

subject	relation	object
prevention of polyspermy (GO:0060468)	is_a	negative regulation of fertilization

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