anatomical structure development biological process involved in intraspecies interaction between organisms socially cooperative development https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/20428 The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a non-reproductive fruiting body over time, from its formation to the mature structure. A non-reproductive fruiting body is a colonial multicellular structure consisting of co-operating unicellular organisms, some of which are spores. An example of such a process is found in Dictyostelium discoideum and Myxococcus xanthus colonies. non-reproductive fruiting body development colonial development GO:0090702 GO:0099120 biological_process socially co-operative development