FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term dorsocentral bristle ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004306 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition A large, dorso-centrally located macrochaeta of the scutum. There are two pairs of these, anterior and posterior.[ FlyBase:FBrf0007734 FlyBase:FBrf0108277 ]
Also Known As "dorsocentral seta"
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VFB:FBbt_00004306
Annotations
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Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN     244
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      60
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      45
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 Alleles Images Insertions Constructs
 dorsocentral bristle (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)     244      1     60     46
     dorsocentral bristle | absent       3       --       --       1
     dorsocentral bristle | absent | somatic clone - tissue specific       1       --       --       --
     dorsocentral bristle | cell non-autonomous | somatic clone       3       --       --       --
     dorsocentral bristle | ectopic      28       --      13      5
     dorsocentral bristle | heat sensitive       2       --       --       1
     dorsocentral bristle | increased number      44       --       --      13
     dorsocentral bristle | maternal effect       2       --       --       --
     dorsocentral bristle | precursor       5       --       --       2
     dorsocentral bristle | somatic clone       1       --       --       --
     dorsocentral bristle | somatic clone - Minute background       1       --       --       --
     dorsocentral bristle | somatic clone | increased number       2       --       --       --
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adult thoracic sensillum
 |__adult thoracic mechanosensory chaeta__
mesothoracic bristle                      |
 |__bristle of mesothoracic tergum________|
mechanosensory chaeta                     |
 |__macrochaeta___________________________|
 |__adult thoracic mechanosensory chaeta__|
                                          dorsocentral bristle  463 rec.
                                           |__anterior dorsocentral bristle 111 rec.
                                           |__posterior dorsocentral bristle 92 rec.
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Is a macrochaeta
adult thoracic mechanosensory chaeta
bristle of mesothoracic tergum
Develops from dorsocentral bristle sensory mother cell
Part of scutum
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https://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/drosophila/melanogaster.html?dorsocentral%20setae
VFB:FBbt_00004306