| Name: | cleavage furrow ingression |
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| Synonyms: | cleavage furrow contraction |
| Definition: | Advancement of the cleavage furrow from the outside of the cell inward towards the center of the cell. The cleavage furrow acts as a 'purse string' which draws tight to separate daughter cells during cytokinesis and partition the cytoplasm between the two daughter cells. The furrow ingresses until a cytoplasmic bridge is formed. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0036090] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | process quality |
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| Synonyms: | quality of a process, quality of occurrent, quality of process, relational quality of occurrent |
| Definition: | A quality which inheres in an process. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001236] |