A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for the pons to attain its fully functional state. The pons lies above the medulla and next to the cerebellum. The pons conveys information about movement from the cerebral hemisphere to the cerebellum. [ GOC:dgh https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0838580343 GOC:jid GOC:dph http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000021 GOC:cls ]
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- developmental maturation
- anatomical structure maturation
- part of some hindbrain maturation
- part of some pons development
- results in maturation of some pons