Plant Reproduction Ontology

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Execute as formal rules, not pseudocode.

flow "PlantReproductionOntology" v1.0

ENTITY PlantReproductionOntology {
 TYPE: BiologicalOntology
 DOMAIN: Botany
 SUBJECT: PlantReproduction
 PURPOSE: FormalSemanticRepresentation
}

PAGE {
 TITLE: "Plant Reproduction Ontology"
 PARENT_DOMAIN: "Botany"
 CANONICAL_URL: "https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/biological-ontologies/botany/plant-reproduction-ontology.html"
 AUTHORS: ["Mark Anthony Higgins", "Sky Recursive AI"]
}

ENTITY PlantReproduction {
 IS_A: BiologicalReproduction
 MAY_BE: [SexualReproduction, AsexualReproduction]
 PRODUCES: NewPlantGeneration
}

ENTITY PlantLifeCycle {
 INCLUDES: [SporophyteGeneration, GametophyteGeneration]
 DEPENDS_ON: PlantLineage
}

ENTITY Sporophyte {
 IS_A: DiploidMulticellularGeneration
 PRODUCES: Spores
 THROUGH: Meiosis
}

ENTITY Gametophyte {
 IS_A: HaploidMulticellularGeneration
 PRODUCES: Gametes
}

RULE GenerationDistinction {
 Sporophyte != Gametophyte
}

PROCESS Meiosis {
 REDUCES: ChromosomeNumber
 PRODUCES: HaploidCellsOrSpores
 CONTRIBUTES_TO: GeneticVariation
}

ENTITY Spore {
 IS_A: ReproductiveCell
 MAY_DEVELOP_INTO: Gametophyte
 WITHOUT_GAMETE_FUSION
}

RULE SporeConstraint {
 plant_spore != seed
 plant_spore != bacterial_endospore
}

PROCESS Gametogenesis {
 PRODUCES: Gametes
 IN: Gametophyte
}

PROCESS Fertilization {
 COMBINES: MaleAndFemaleGameticContributions
 PRODUCES: Zygote
}

ENTITY Zygote {
 IS_A: DiploidCell
 DEVELOPS_INTO: PlantEmbryo
}

PROCESS Embryogenesis {
 DEVELOPS: Zygote
 INTO: PlantEmbryo
}

ENTITY PlantEmbryo {
 IS_A: EarlySporophyte
 MAY_INCLUDE: [EmbryonicRoot, EmbryonicShoot, Cotyledon]
}

ENTITY SeedPlant {
 MAY_BE: [Gymnosperm, Angiosperm]
 PRODUCES: Seed
}

ENTITY Pollen {
 REPRESENTS: MaleGametophyteOrMaleGametophyteContainingStructure
 IN: SeedPlants
}

ENTITY Ovule {
 CONTAINS: FemaleGametophyte
 MAY_DEVELOP_INTO: Seed
 AFTER: Fertilization
}

PROCESS Pollination {
 TRANSFERS: Pollen
 TO: ReceptiveReproductiveStructure
}

RULE PollinationFertilizationDistinction {
 Pollination != Fertilization
}

ENTITY PollinationVector {
 MAY_BE: [Wind, Water, Animal]
 TRANSFERS: Pollen
}

ENTITY Pollinator {
 IS_A: Animal
 TRANSFERS: Pollen
 BETWEEN: ReproductiveStructures
}

PROCESS PollenGermination {
 INITIATES: PollenTubeGrowth
 ON: CompatibleReproductiveSurface
}

ENTITY PollenTube {
 GROWS_FROM: Pollen
 TRANSPORTS: MaleGameticCellsOrNuclei
 TOWARD: Ovule
}

ENTITY Flower {
 IS_A: AngiospermReproductiveOrgan
 MAY_CONTAIN: [Sepal, Petal, Stamen, Carpel]
}

ENTITY Stamen {
 IS_A: MaleFloralStructure
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Anther, Filament]
}

ENTITY Anther {
 PRODUCES_OR_CONTAINS: Pollen
}

ENTITY Carpel {
 IS_A: FemaleFloralStructure
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Stigma, Style, Ovary]
}

ENTITY Stigma {
 RECEIVES: Pollen
}

ENTITY Ovary {
 CONTAINS: Ovules
}

PROCESS FlowerDevelopment {
 FORMS: FloralOrgans
 FROM: FloralMeristem
}

PROCESS FloralInduction {
 TRANSITIONS: Meristem
 TOWARD: ReproductiveDevelopment
}

PROCESS Photoperiodism {
 RESPONDS_TO: DayLengthOrNightLength
 MAY_REGULATE: Flowering
}

PROCESS Vernalization {
 PROMOTES: FloweringCompetence
 AFTER: ProlongedColdExposure
 IN: ApplicablePlants
}

ENTITY Angiosperm {
 SUBCLASS_OF: SeedPlant
 PRODUCES: Flower
}

ENTITY Gymnosperm {
 SUBCLASS_OF: SeedPlant
 PRODUCES: ExposedOvulesOrSeeds
 IN: ReproductiveStructure
}

PROCESS DoubleFertilization {
 OCCURS_IN: Angiosperms
 INVOLVES: TwoMaleGameticFusionEvents
 PRODUCES: [Zygote, EndospermOrEndospermPrecursor]
}

ENTITY Endosperm {
 IS_A: SeedTissue
 MAY_SUPPORT: EmbryoNutrition
 IN: Angiosperms
}

PROCESS SeedDevelopment {
 TRANSFORMS: FertilizedOvule
 INTO: Seed
}

ENTITY Seed {
 IS_A: ReproductiveAndDispersalStructure
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Embryo, SeedCoat, StorageTissue]
}

PROCESS SeedMaturation {
 ESTABLISHES: MatureSeedState
 MAY_INCLUDE: [ReserveAccumulation, DesiccationTolerance, DormancyAcquisition]
}

PROCESS SeedDormancy {
 PREVENTS_OR_DELAYS: Germination
 UNTIL: AppropriateConditionsOrSignals
}

PROCESS SeedGermination {
 RESUMES: EmbryonicGrowth
 PRODUCES: Seedling
}

ENTITY Fruit {
 IS_A: AngiospermReproductiveStructure
 MAY_CONTAIN: Seeds
}

PROCESS FruitDevelopment {
 FORMS_AND_MATURES: Fruit
}

PROCESS FruitRipening {
 CHANGES: FruitPhysiologyAndBiochemistry
 MAY_AFFECT: [Colour, Texture, Aroma, SugarContent, Dispersal]
}

PROCESS SeedDispersal {
 MOVES: Seeds
 AWAY_FROM: ParentPlant
 MAY_USE: [Wind, Water, Animal, Gravity, BallisticMechanism]
}

RULE PollinationDispersalDistinction {
 Pollination != SeedDispersal
}

ENTITY SelfPollination {
 TRANSFERS: Pollen
 WITHIN: SameFlowerOrPlant
}

ENTITY CrossPollination {
 TRANSFERS: Pollen
 BETWEEN: DifferentPlants
}

ENTITY SelfCompatibility {
 ALLOWS: SuccessfulSelfFertilization
}

ENTITY SelfIncompatibility {
 PREVENTS_OR_REDUCES: SelfFertilization
 THROUGH: GeneticRecognitionMechanism
}

RULE MatingSystemConstraint {
 self_pollination != guaranteed_self_fertilization
}

ENTITY MatingSystem {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Selfing, Outcrossing, MixedMating]
}

ENTITY Dioecy {
 HAS: MaleAndFemaleReproductiveFunctions
 ON: SeparateIndividuals
}

ENTITY Monoecy {
 HAS: SeparateMaleAndFemaleFlowersOrStructures
 ON: SameIndividual
}

ENTITY Apomixis {
 IS_A: AsexualSeedFormation
 PRODUCES: Seed
 WITHOUT_NORMAL_FERTILIZATION
}

ENTITY VegetativeReproduction {
 IS_A: AsexualReproduction
 PRODUCES: NewPlant
 FROM: VegetativeTissue
}

PROCESS ClonalPropagation {
 PRODUCES: GeneticallySimilarDescendants
 FROM: VegetativeParentMaterial
}

ENTITY VegetativePropagule {
 MAY_BE: [Runner, Rhizome, Tuber, Bulb, Corm, Cutting]
}

RULE SexualAsexualDistinction {
 SexualReproduction != AsexualReproduction
}

ENTITY ReproductiveSuccess {
 MAY_BE_MEASURED_BY: [FlowerProduction, PollinationSuccess, FertilizationSuccess, SeedSet, SeedViability, Germination, OffspringEstablishment]
}

ENTITY SeedSet {
 DESCRIBES: SeedsProduced
 RELATIVE_TO: ReproductiveOpportunity
}

ENTITY PollenViability {
 DESCRIBES: CapacityOfPollenToFunctionInReproduction
}

ENTITY Fertility {
 DESCRIBES: CapacityToProduceViableReproductiveProductsOrOffspring
}

RULE FertilityConstraint {
 pollen_presence != pollen_viability
 pollination != fertilization_success
 seed_presence != seed_viability
}

ENTITY ReproductiveBarrier {
 MAY_BE: [TemporalBarrier, SpatialBarrier, MechanicalBarrier, GeneticIncompatibility, GameticBarrier]
 MAY_REDUCE: GeneFlow
}

PROCESS Hybridization {
 COMBINES: GeneticMaterial
 FROM: DistinctPopulationsSpeciesOrLineages
 THROUGH: Reproduction
}

PROCESS Introgression {
 TRANSFERS: GeneticMaterialBetweenLineages
 THROUGH: HybridizationAndBackcrossing
}

ENTITY PlantReproductiveGene {
 MAY_REGULATE: [Flowering, FloralIdentity, Gametogenesis, Compatibility, SeedDevelopment]
}

PROCESS ReproductiveGeneExpression {
 VARIES_WITH: [Organ, CellType, DevelopmentalStage, EnvironmentalSignal]
}

ENTITY PlantHormone {
 MAY_REGULATE: ReproductiveDevelopment
}

ENTITY Gibberellin {
 MAY_REGULATE: [Flowering, PollenDevelopment, FruitGrowth, SeedGermination]
}

ENTITY Ethylene {
 MAY_REGULATE: [FlowerSenescence, FruitRipening]
}

ENTITY AbscisicAcid {
 MAY_REGULATE: [SeedMaturation, Dormancy]
}

RULE HormoneReproductionConstraint {
 hormone_level != reproductive_function
 WITHOUT tissue_stage_and_perturbation_context
}

ENTITY EnvironmentalFactor {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Photoperiod, Temperature, WaterAvailability, NutrientStatus, PollinatorAvailability]
 MAY_MODULATE: PlantReproduction
}

PROCESS ReproductiveEnvironmentalResponse {
 CHANGES: [FloweringTime, PollenPerformance, SeedSet, FruitDevelopment, Dormancy]
 IN_RESPONSE_TO: EnvironmentalFactor
}

PROCESS PlantReproductionMeasurement {
 MAY_MEASURE: [FloweringTime, FlowerNumber, PollenViability, PollinationRate, FertilizationRate, SeedSet, SeedMass, SeedViability, GerminationRate]
 MAY_USE: [Microscopy, ControlledPollination, GerminationAssay, Imaging, MolecularAssay, GeneticAnalysis]
}

ENTITY Evidence {
 TYPES: [ReproductiveEvidence, DevelopmentalEvidence, PollinationEvidence, FertilizationEvidence, GeneticEvidence, MolecularEvidence, AnatomicalEvidence, EcologicalEvidence, GerminationEvidence, ExperimentalEvidence, ComputationalEvidence, LiteratureEvidence]
}

RULE EvidenceConvergence {
 IF IndependentEvidenceSources AGREE
 THEN Confidence := increase(Confidence)
}

RULE EvidenceConflict {
 IF EvidenceSources CONFLICT
 THEN {
  PRESERVE competing_plant_reproduction_models
  RECORD plant_taxon
  RECORD reproductive_organ
  RECORD developmental_stage
  RECORD mating_context
  RECORD environmental_state
  RECORD measurement_method
  RECORD timepoint
  RECORD provenance
  REDUCE confidence
 }
}

RELATION PlantReproduction PRODUCES NewPlantGeneration
RELATION Sporophyte PRODUCES Spore
RELATION Gametophyte PRODUCES Gamete
RELATION Fertilization PRODUCES Zygote
RELATION Zygote DEVELOPS_INTO PlantEmbryo
RELATION Pollination TRANSFERS Pollen
RELATION Ovule MAY_DEVELOP_INTO Seed
RELATION Flower SUPPORTS AngiospermReproduction
RELATION Seed CONTAINS PlantEmbryo
RELATION SeedDispersal MOVES SeedAwayFromParent

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
 "plant reproduction" ~= "biological production of new plant generations"
 "sporophyte" ~= "diploid spore-producing plant generation"
 "gametophyte" ~= "haploid gamete-producing plant generation"
 "pollination" ~= "transfer of pollen to a receptive reproductive structure"
 "seed set" ~= "production of seeds relative to reproductive opportunity"
 "apomixis" ~= "asexual seed formation without normal fertilization"
}

CONFIDENCE PlantReproductionAssertion {
 INPUTS: [developmental_support, anatomical_support, pollination_support, fertilization_support, genetic_support, molecular_support, ecological_support, germination_support, experimental_support, source_independence, semantic_consistency]
 SCORE := weighted_sum(INPUTS)
 LEVEL :=
  IF SCORE >= 0.90 THEN "very_high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.75 THEN "high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.55 THEN "moderate"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.35 THEN "low"
  ELSE "uncertain"
}

RULE PollinationInference {
 IF pollen_is_transferred_to_receptive_structure
 THEN Pollination MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE FertilizationInference {
 IF male_and_female_gametic_contributions combine
 AND zygote_or_fertilization_product_forms
 THEN Fertilization MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE SeedDevelopmentInference {
 IF fertilized_or_apomictic_ovule progresses_to embryo_containing_mature_structure
 THEN SeedDevelopment MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE AsexualReproductionInference {
 IF new_plant_forms_without_gamete_fusion
 THEN AsexualReproduction MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE CausalityConstraint {
 IF reproductive_marker correlates_with reproductive_success
 THEN DO_NOT_INFER causal_relationship
 WITHOUT temporal_mechanistic_or_interventional_evidence
}

QUERY PlantReproductionLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [plant_taxon, life_cycle, reproductive_mode, reproductive_organs, pollination, fertilization, seed_development, fruit_development, dispersal, mating_system, environmental_context, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY FlowerReproductionLookup(flower_identifier) {
 RETURN [floral_organs, pollen, ovules, pollination_status, compatibility, fertilization_status, seed_set, fruit_development, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY SeedReproductionLookup(seed_identifier) {
 RETURN [developmental_origin, embryo, storage_tissue, seed_coat, maturation, dormancy, viability, dispersal, germination, evidence, confidence]
}

UPDATE_MODEL {
 ON new_plant_reproduction_evidence:
  validate_provenance()
  identify_plant_taxon_reproductive_organ_and_developmental_context()
  normalize_reproductive_structure_gene_hormone_and_pollinator_identifiers()
  capture_mating_system_and_environmental_state()
  capture_measurement_method_units_and_timepoint()
  map_sporophyte_gametophyte_meiosis_and_gametogenesis()
  map_pollination_pollen_tube_growth_and_fertilization()
  map_embryogenesis_seed_fruit_and_dispersal_relationships()
  map_sexual_asexual_apomictic_and_vegetative_reproduction()
  map_compatibility_hybridization_and_reproductive_barriers()
  compare_existing_plant_reproduction_models()
  preserve_conflicting_evidence()
  recalculate_confidence()
  regenerate_plant_reproduction_relationships()
  update_flow_hash()
}

AI_CONSUMPTION {
 MODE: FormalSemanticReasoning
 PARSE_AS: ExecutableFlowAlgebra
 PRIORITIES: [plant_taxon, life_cycle, reproductive_mode, reproductive_organ, gametophyte, sporophyte, pollination, fertilization, seed_development, dispersal, mating_system, evidence_provenance, confidence]
 REQUIREMENTS: [preserve_species_taxon_reproductive_organ_and_developmental_context, preserve_mating_and_environmental_context, distinguish_sporophyte_from_gametophyte, distinguish_spore_from_seed_and_bacterial_endospore, distinguish_pollination_from_fertilization, distinguish_self_pollination_from_successful_self_fertilization, distinguish_sexual_from_asexual_reproduction, distinguish_pollen_presence_from_viability, distinguish_seed_presence_from_viability, distinguish_hormone_level_from_reproductive_function, distinguish_correlation_from_causation, preserve_uncertainty]
}

VALIDATE {
 REQUIRE PlantReproduction
 REQUIRE PlantLifeCycle
 REQUIRE Sporophyte
 REQUIRE Gametophyte
 REQUIRE Meiosis
 REQUIRE Spore
 REQUIRE Gametogenesis
 REQUIRE Fertilization
 REQUIRE PlantEmbryo
 REQUIRE Pollination
 REQUIRE Flower
 REQUIRE Ovule
 REQUIRE Seed
 REQUIRE SeedDevelopment
 REQUIRE SeedDispersal
 REQUIRE AsexualReproduction
 REQUIRE SexualReproduction
 REQUIRE PlantReproductionMeasurement
 REQUIRE Evidence
 REQUIRE CONFIDENCE
 REQUIRE SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
 REQUIRE UPDATE_MODEL
 REQUIRE AI_CONSUMPTION

 ASSERT Sporophyte != Gametophyte
 ASSERT plant_spore != seed
 ASSERT plant_spore != bacterial_endospore
 ASSERT Pollination != Fertilization
 ASSERT Pollination != SeedDispersal
 ASSERT self_pollination != guaranteed_self_fertilization
 ASSERT SexualReproduction != AsexualReproduction
 ASSERT pollen_presence != pollen_viability
 ASSERT seed_presence != seed_viability
 ASSERT correlation != causal_relationship
}

FLOW_HASH {
 ALGORITHM: SHA-256
 INPUT: canonicalize(entities, relations, processes, rules, semantic_equivalence, confidence_model, update_model, ai_consumption)
 PURPOSE: integrity_and_version_tracking
}

END flow "PlantReproductionOntology"