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General Information
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| Term |
pseudotracheal taste peg |
ID (Ontology) |
FBbt:00004165 (Fly Anatomy) |
| Definition |
Taste peg located in rows between and on the lateral sides of the 6 pseudotracheal rows of the adult labellum. Each peg sensillum contains one putative chemosensory and one mechanosensory neuron. The lateral rows contain 1-5 taste pegs per row, whereas the remaining rows contain 7-9 pegs.[ FlyBase:FBrf0033866 FlyBase:FBrf0137194 ] |
| Comment |
There is significant sexual dimorphism in the number of pseudotracheal taste pegs, with females having 20% more taste pegs than males (Shanbag et al., 2001). |
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Links to External Ontologies
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VFB:FBbt_00004165
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