FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term cyst cell of ovary ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004877 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Female germline cell born during one of four rapid rounds of cell division following the birth of a cystoblast from a female germline stem cell until the point where one of the resulting 16 cells (the presumptive oocyte) enters meiosis. Cyst cells are interconnected by ring canals, resulting from incomplete cytokinesis during cell division. The oocyte develops from one of the two cyst cells that have connections to four other cyst cells, the other 15 cyst cells differentiate into nurse cells.[ FlyBase:FBrf0021038 FlyBase:FBrf0064777 ]
Also Known As "cystocyte" ; "germarial cystocyte"
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Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      28
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       9
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       7
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 Alleles Genes  Insertions Constructs
 cyst cell of ovary (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      29     13      4      9      9
     cyst cell of ovary | ectopic       3       --       --       1      3
     cyst cell of ovary | germline clone       5       --       --       1      1
     cyst cell of ovary | increased number       3       --       --       --       4
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female-specific anatomical entity__|
                                   female germline cell
                                    |__cyst cell of ovary  84 rec.
                                        |__cyst cell of female germline 2-cell cyst
                                        |__cyst cell of female germline 4-cell cyst
                                        |__cyst cell of female germline 8-cell cyst
                                        |__cyst cell of female germline 16-cell cyst 20 rec.
                                            |__presumptive nurse cell 1 rec.
                                            |__presumptive oocyte 14 rec.
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Is a female germline cell
Develops from cystoblast
Part of female germline cyst
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