Term Name: dormancy process
Synonyms: multicellular organism dormancy process, spore dormancy process
Definition: A developmental process in which dormancy (sometimes called a dormant state) is induced, maintained or broken. Dormancy is a suspension of most physiological activity and growth that can be reactivated.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0022611]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: developmental process
has subtype: acquisition of desiccation tolerance bud dormancy process dormancy entry of symbiont in host dormancy exit of symbiont in host dormancy maintenance of symbiont in host entry into diapause entry into dormancy estivation exit from diapause exit from dormancy hibernation maintenance of diapause maintenance of dormancy seed dormancy process spore encystment