FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term ectoderm ID (Ontology) FBbt:00000111 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Outermost germ layer of the embryo (Campos-Ortega and Hartenstein, 1997). It is formed from the ectoderm anlage, which includes the cells of the cellular blastoderm monolayer that do not invaginate during gastrulation (Campos-Ortega and Hartenstein, 1997).[ FlyBase:FBrf0089570 FlyBase:FBrf0155831 FlyBase:FBrf0244630 ]
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Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      54
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION      58
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       6
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      18
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 Alleles Genes Insertions Constructs
 ectoderm (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      55    131     68     61
     ectoderm | dorsal       1       --       --       --
     ectoderm | dorsal | germline clone       1       --       --       --
     ectoderm | embryonic stage      16       --       3      5
     ectoderm | extended germ band stage       5       --       --       3
     ectoderm | extended germ band stage | germline clone       2       --       1       --
     ectoderm | germline clone       1       --       --       --
     ectoderm | heat sensitive       2       --       --       2
     ectoderm | ventral       2       --       --       2
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developing embryonic structure__
primordium______________________|
portion of tissue_______________|
                                germ layer
                                 |__ectoderm  1424 rec.
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UBERON:0000924