FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
CV Term Report
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General Information
Term scutellar bristle ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004312 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition A macrochaeta of the scutellum. Each scutellum bears two pairs of these, located close to the lateroposterior margin of the scutellum, with one pair being anterior to the other.[ FlyBase:FBrf0007734 FlyBase:FBrf0108277 ]
Also Known As "scutellar seta"
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VFB:FBbt_00004312
Annotations
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Records annotated with this exact term (annotations to child terms are NOT included)
Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN     589
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN     139
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN     178
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 Alleles Insertions Constructs
 scutellar bristle (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)     589    139    178
     scutellar bristle | absent       2       --       1
     scutellar bristle | decreased number       6       --       3
     scutellar bristle | ectopic      81     33     27
     scutellar bristle | ectopic | somatic clone       1      1       --
     scutellar bristle | female       1       --       --
     scutellar bristle | female | increased number       3      3       --
     scutellar bristle | germline clone       1       --       --
     scutellar bristle | heat sensitive       2      1       --
     scutellar bristle | increased number      91      2     43
     scutellar bristle | increased number | male       2      2       --
     scutellar bristle | increased number | male | pharate adult stage       1      1       --
     scutellar bristle | male limited       2       --       1
     scutellar bristle | male limited | increased number       2       --       1
     scutellar bristle | maternal effect       3      1       --
     scutellar bristle | pharate adult stage       3       --       1
     scutellar bristle | somatic clone       7      4       --
     scutellar 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__|
                                          scutellar bristle  1129 rec.
                                           |__anterior scutellar bristle 111 rec.
                                           |__posterior scutellar bristle 201 rec.
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Is a macrochaeta
adult thoracic mechanosensory chaeta
bristle of mesothoracic tergum
Develops from scutellar bristle sensory mother cell
Part of scutellum
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https://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/drosophila/melanogaster.html?scutellar%20setae
VFB:FBbt_00004312