FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
CV Term Report
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General Information
Term sternopleural bristle ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004315 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Macrochaeta of the adult mesothoracic preepisternum. There are four of these.[ FlyBase:FBrf0007734 ]
Comment Bryant (1978) has the plate bearing these as the episternum, not the pre-episternum.
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VFB:FBbt_00004315
Annotations
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Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      67
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       8
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      17
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 Alleles Insertions Constructs
 sternopleural bristle (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      67      8     17
     sternopleural bristle | ectopic       5       --       4
     sternopleural bristle | ectopic | somatic clone       1      1       --
     sternopleural bristle | female       1      1       --
     sternopleural bristle | increased number       9       --       3
     sternopleural bristle | male       2      1       --
     sternopleural bristle | precursor | heat sensitive       1       --       1
     sternopleural bristle | somatic clone       1      1       --
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adult thoracic sensillum
 |__adult thoracic mechanosensory chaeta__
adult mesothoracic sensillum              |
 |__mesothoracic bristle__________________|
chaeta                                    |
 |__mesothoracic bristle__________________|
mechanosensory chaeta                     |
 |__macrochaeta___________________________|
 |__adult thoracic mechanosensory chaeta__|
                                          sternopleural bristle  107 rec.
                                           |__anterior sternopleural bristle 15 rec.
                                           |__middle sternopleural bristle 6 rec.
                                           |__posterior sternopleural bristle 7 rec.
                                           |__ventral sternopleural bristle 6 rec.
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Is a mesothoracic bristle
macrochaeta
adult thoracic mechanosensory chaeta
Part of mesothoracic preepisternum
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VFB:FBbt_00004315