WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0007281

GO:0007281 Name: germ cell development
  Definition: The process whose specific outcome is the progression of an immature germ cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure (gamete). A germ cell is any reproductive cell in a multicellular organism.
  Synonym: Exact: germ-cell development
    Narrow: gametogenesis
      primordial germ cell development
  Status: Valid
  Type: Biological_process
  Child: Instance: GO:0048477
      GO:0007286
      GO:0048599
    Component: GO:0007282
      GO:0042078
      GO:0048134
      GO:0071514
  Parent: Instance_of: GO:0003006
      GO:0048468
      GO:0022412
    Component_of: GO:0007276
  Attributes_of: Motif: INTERPRO:IPR037982
      INTERPRO:IPR043380
      INTERPRO:IPR044448
    Index: Ancestor (16)
      Descendant (120)
    GO_annotation (60)
  Version: Gene Ontology releases/2023-11-15