FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term medulla layer M6 ID (Ontology) FBbt:00003755 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Sixth most lateral layer of the medulla, immediately lateral to the serpentine layer. It lies between the lamina neuron L1's arborization and the serpentine layer (Fischbach and Dittrich, 1989).[ FlyBase:FBrf0049410 FlyBase:FBrf0205531 FlyBase:FBrf0224194 ]
Also Known As "medulla layer 6" ; "R7 layer" ; "stratum M6"
Comment In the literature there are two methods for describing spatial location of neurons in the visual system: distal-proximal (e.g. Fischbach and Dittrich, 1989), and medial-lateral (e.g. Ito et al., 2014), both meaning outer and inner, and refer to the distance of a structure along the visual pathway relative to the center of the brain. Currently we will adopt the classical 'distal-proximal'.
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Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      15
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION       4
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       3
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       5
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 Alleles Genes Insertions Constructs
 medulla layer M6 (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      15      1      7      9
     medulla layer M6 | adult stage       3       --       1      2
     medulla layer M6 | adult stage | somatic clone       7       --       2       --
     medulla layer M6 | P-stage       4       --       --       3
     medulla layer M6 | P-stage | somatic clone       2       --       1       --
     medulla layer M6 | pupal stage       2       --       --       2
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   |__medulla layer
       |__medulla layer M6  32 rec.
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