FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term adult corpus allatum ID (Ontology) FBbt:00003215 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Corpus allatum of the adult. It develops from the larval corpus allatum, which migrates posteriorly during metamorphosis (Dai and Gilbert, 1991). It is located dorsal to the aorta (and the corpus cardiacum) and is connected to the corpus cardiacum by the short nervus corpora allatum (Nassel and Zandawala, 2020). It produces juvenile hormone (Nassel and Zandawala, 2020).[ FlyBase:FBrf0053727 FlyBase:FBrf0247015 ]
Also Known As "CAL" ; "corpora allata"
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Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      10
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION       3
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       1
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 adult corpus allatum (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      11      4      2      3      4
     adult corpus allatum | female       2       --       --       --       --
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 |__corpus allatum_____________
mesodermal derivative          |
 |__trunk mesoderm derivative__|
                               adult corpus allatum  24 rec.
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Is a corpus allatum
trunk mesoderm derivative
Develops from embryonic/larval corpus allatum
Part of adult retrocerebral complex
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