Task: Class Definition Understanding (ontology: Sciences/Biology)

Which of the following definitions best describes 'positive regulation of sporulation'?

A. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of retina development in camera-type eye.
B. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cell differentiation.
C. Any process that increases the frequency, rate or extent of the formation of a syncytium, a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei enclosed within a single plasma membrane, by the fusion of the plasma membranes of two or more individual cells.
D. Any process that activates, maintains or increases the frequency, rate or extent of sporulation, the process whose specific outcome is the progression of a spore over time, from its initiation to the mature structure.

Answer: Any process that activates, maintains or increases the frequency, rate or extent of sporulation, the process whose specific outcome is the progression of a spore over time, from its initiation to the mature structure.