Tree-of-Sex / ToS-Ontology

The Tree of Sex Ontology (TOSO) covers any trait related to reproduction included in the Tree of Sex database
https://treeofsex.sanger.ac.uk/
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[NTR] Sex #38

Open ValenzuelaLab opened 3 months ago

ValenzuelaLab commented 3 months ago

In which category is your new term request?

Preferred term label

Sex (process)

Synonyms

Sex Sexual reproduction

Textual definition

The mixing of genomes via meiosis and fusion of gametes

Suggested parent term

Biological process Reproductive process

Attribution

0000-0003-1148-631X

Additional context

This definition corresponds to 'sex' as a process, and is taken from Bachtrog et al. 2014.

Bachtrog D, Mank JE, Peichel CL, Kirkpatrick M, Otto SP, Ashman T-L, Hahn MW, Kitano J, Mayrose I, Ming R et al. 2014. Sex determination: Why so many ways of doing it? PLoS Biol 12: e1001899; 1001810.1001371/journal.pbio.1001899.

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