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Accession
GO:0034302
Name
akinete formation
Ontology
biological_process
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Definition
The process in which an akinete, a thick-walled (encysted) dormant cell derived from the enlargement of a vegetative cell, is formed. Akinetes typically have granular cytoplasm, are more resistant to environmental extremes than vegetative cells, and are characteristic of several groups of Cyanobacteria. Source: http://www.msu.edu/course/bot/423/algalglossary.htm#Reproductive, GOC:ds, GOC:mah, PMID:11948167
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Parents of akinete formation (GO:0034302)
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akinete formation [is_a relation] is_a  asexual sporulation resulting in formation of a cellular spore (GO:0043936)

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