FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term follicle cell ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004904 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition One of the somatic epithelial cells that is either associated with the germline cyst to form an egg chamber or connecting the egg chambers (Jevitt et al., 2020). Some of these cells, particularly main body follicle cells, can form ring canals to connect to one another (Airoldi et al., 2011).[ FlyBase:FBrf0217092 FlyBase:FBrf0245616 ]
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Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN     619
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION     194
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      84
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN     188
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 Alleles Genes Images  Insertions Constructs
 follicle cell (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)     622    284      1     13    276    235
     follicle cell | adult stage       5       --       --       --       3      1
     follicle cell | adult stage | somatic clone       4       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | calorie restriction conditional       3       --       --       --       1      1
     follicle cell | cell autonomous | clone of cells | ectopic | oogenesis       2       --       --       --       --       2
     follicle cell | cell autonomous | somatic clone       5       --       --       --       --       2
     follicle cell | cell non-autonomous | germline clone       1       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | cell non-autonomous | somatic clone       3       --       --       --       1      1
     follicle cell | clone of cells       2       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | cold sensitive       1       --       --       --       --       1
     follicle cell | conditional       1       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | drug conditional       1       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | ectopic | somatic clone       6       --       --       --       1       --
     follicle cell | germline clone      25       --       --       --       6      3
     follicle cell | germline clone | increased number       1       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | germline clone | oogenesis       1       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | heat sensitive      24       --       --       --       3     15
     follicle cell | increased number       5       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | maternal effect      11       --       --       --       1      2
     follicle cell | maternal effect | heat sensitive       2       --       --       --       --       2
     follicle cell | maternal effect | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | nutrition conditional      11       --       --       --       --       5
     follicle cell | oogenesis       2       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | oogenesis stage S10       1       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | oogenesis stage S10B       1       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | oogenesis stage S5       3       --       --       --       --       3
     follicle cell | oogenesis stage S8       4       --       --       --       --       4
     follicle cell | oogenesis | progressive | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | oogenesis | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       1       --
     follicle cell | oogenesis | temperature conditional       1       --       --       --       --       1
     follicle cell | posterior       2       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | posterior | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | progressive | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | second instar larval stage       2       --       --       --       --       --
     follicle cell | somatic clone     227       --       --       --      31     35
     follicle cell | temperature conditional       2       --       --       --       --       1
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epithelial cell
 |__adult epithelial cell__________
female-specific anatomical entity  |
 |__somatic cell of ovariole_______|
somatic cell                       |
 |__somatic cell of ovariole_______|
                                   follicle cell  2662 rec.
                                    |__border follicle cell 1049 rec.
                                    |__centripetal follicle cell 121 rec.
                                    |__main body follicle cell 137 rec.
                                    |   |__dorsal appendage forming follicle cell(+) 47 rec.
                                    |__polar follicle cell 213 rec.
                                    |   |__anterior polar follicle cell
                                    |   |__posterior polar follicle cell
                                    |__stalk follicle cell 289 rec.
                                    |__stretch follicle cell 79 rec.
                                    |__terminal follicle cell 12 rec.
                                        |__anterior terminal follicle cell 1 rec.
                                        |__posterior terminal follicle cell 11 rec.
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Is a somatic cell of ovariole
adult epithelial cell
Develops from prefollicle cell
Part of egg chamber
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