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reproductive process +     
sexual reproduction +     
acquisition of seed longevity 
acrosomal vesicle exocytosis +   
acrosome matrix dispersal  
acrosome reaction +   
activation of meiosis involved in egg activation  
agglutination involved in conjugation with cellular fusion 
border follicle cell delamination +  
budding cell bud growth +  
cell adhesion involved in prostatic bud elongation 
cell migration involved in prostatic bud elongation 
cell proliferation involved in embryonic placenta development +   
cell wall disassembly involved in floral organ abscission 
cell wall macromolecule catabolic process involved in cytogamy 
cell wall organization involved in conjugation with cellular fusion +  
cell-cell signaling involved in placenta development 
cellular process involved in reproduction in multicellular organism +   
chorio-allantoic fusion  
conjugation with cellular fusion +  
cortical granule exocytosis +   
cotyledon vascular tissue pattern formation 
developmental process involved in reproduction +   
egg activation +   
embryo implantation +   
epithelial cell proliferation involved in prostate gland development +   
epithelial-mesenchymal signaling involved in prostate gland development +   
establishment of imprinting at mating-type locus +   
establishment of pole plasm mRNA localization 
female pronucleus assembly  
fertilization +   
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).
fertilization, exchange of chromosomal proteins  
FtsZ-dependent cytokinesis +  
gamete generation +   
gene conversion at mating-type locus 
genetic imprinting at mating-type locus +   
karyogamy involved in conjugation with cellular fusion 
luteinizing hormone signaling pathway involved in ovarian follicle development  
maintenance of floral organ identity 
maintenance of imprinting at mating-type locus 
male pronucleus assembly +   
mating +   
mating plug formation  
meiotic cell cycle +   
meiotic cell cycle process +   
meiotic drive 
mesenchymal cell proliferation involved in prostate gland development +   
mesenchymal smoothened signaling pathway involved in prostate gland development  
mesenchymal-epithelial cell signaling involved in prostate gland development +   
mucilage metabolic process involved in seed coat development +  
multi-organism reproductive process +   
multicellular organismal reproductive process +   
negative regulation of reproductive process +   
nuclear migration involved in conjugation with cellular fusion 
ovarian nurse cell to oocyte transport +  
ovulation cycle process +   
pheromone response MAPK cascade +  
photoperiodism, flowering +  
plasma membrane fusion involved in cytogamy 
pole plasm protein localization 
pole plasm RNA localization +  
pollen adhesion 
pollen germination 
pollen hydration 
pollen tube adhesion 
pollen tube guidance 
pollen tube reception 
pollen-pistil interaction +  
pollination +  
positive regulation of actin filament depolymerization involved in acrosome reaction 
positive regulation of actin filament polymerization involved in acrosome reaction 
positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration involved in egg activation +   
positive regulation of flagellated sperm motility involved in capacitation  
positive regulation of reproductive process +   
positive regulation of transcription involved in egg activation 
premature acrosome loss +  
prevention of polyspermy +   
pronuclear envelope synthesis +  
pronuclear fusion  
pronuclear migration 
protein localization involved in acrosome reaction 
recognition of pollen +  
regulation of meiotic DNA double-strand break formation involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination +  
regulation of reproductive process +   
regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter involved in spermatogenesis  
regulation of transcription involved in meiotic cell cycle +   
rejection of pollen from other species 
reproductive process in single-celled organism +   
respiratory burst at fertilization 
seed oilbody biogenesis 
Sertoli cell proliferation  
sex determination, somatic-gonadal interaction 
sexual macrocyst formation 
sexual sporulation +  
site-specific DNA replication termination at RTS1 barrier  
sperm aster formation 
sperm DNA decondensation +   
sperm entry  
sperm motility +   
sperm nuclear envelope removal 
sperm-egg recognition +   
sporocarp development involved in sexual reproduction +  
transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase signaling pathway involved in floral organ abscission 
trophoblast cell migration +   
vesicle-mediated transport involved in floral organ abscission 
zygote asymmetric cytokinesis in embryo sac 

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: syngamy
Xrefs: Wikipedia:Fertilisation
Definition Sources: GOC:tb, ISBN:0198506732

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