FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term tibia ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004642 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Fourth most proximal segment of the adult leg. It is located between the femur and the first tarsal segment. It has 10 rows of longitudinal mechanosensory bristles around the circumference.[ FlyBase:FBim0000836 FlyBase:FBrf0007734 FlyBase:FBrf0012178 FlyBase:FBrf0045354 ]
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Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN     131
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION       6
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      10
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      37
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 Alleles Genes Images Insertions Constructs
 tibia (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)     131      6      6     16     42
     tibia | cell autonomous | ectopic | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       --
     tibia | cell non-autonomous | somatic clone       2       --       --       --       2
     tibia | distal       2       --       --       --       2
     tibia | ectopic       6       --       --       --       4
     tibia | heat sensitive       3       --       --       --       1
     tibia | pharate adult stage       2       --       --       --       --
     tibia | proximal | somatic clone       3       --       --       --       --
     tibia | pupal stage       4       --       --       1       --
     tibia | somatic clone      21       --       --       2      3
     tibia | somatic clone - Minute background       2       --       --       --       --
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  appendage segment
   |__segment of leg
       |__tibia  283 rec.
           |__mesothoracic tibia 61 rec.
           |__metathoracic tibia 46 rec.
           |__prothoracic tibia 50 rec.
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Is a segment of leg
Develops from presumptive tibia
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https://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/drosophila/melanogaster.html?tibiae
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