FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term lateral ocellus ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004506 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Lateral ocellus located on the ocellar triangle of the dorsal postfrons of the adult head, medial to the interocellar bristles. There are two of these, each one with around 100 photoreceptors (Dorkenwald et al., 2024).[ FlyBase:FBrf0007734 FlyBase:FBrf0031004 FlyBase:FBrf0050358 FlyBase:FBrf0260546 ]
Also Known As "pOC" ; "posterior ocellus"
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Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       9
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION       1
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       1
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 lateral ocellus (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       9      3      1      1
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photoreceptor_________
external sensillum____|
adult head sensillum__|
                      ocellus
                       |__lateral ocellus  14 rec.
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VFB:FBbt_00004506