FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term oviduct ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004911 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Duct of the female reproductive tract that connects the ovaries to the uterus (Hildreth, 1965; McQueen et al., 2022). The oviduct consists of two lateral oviducts (each connected to an ovary) and one common oviduct, to which the lateral oviducts connect, and which itself connects to the uterus (Hildreth, 1965; McQueen et al., 2022).[ FlyBase:FBrf0017075 FlyBase:FBrf0226663 FlyBase:FBrf0253444 ]
Also Known As "female internal reproductive tract" ; "female upper reproductive tract"
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Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       7
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION       7
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       3
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 oviduct (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       7     18      7      5
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 |__epithelial tube____________________
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 |__female-specific anatomical entity__|
                                       oviduct  76 rec.
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Is a epithelial tube
female-specific anatomical entity
Develops from presumptive oviduct
Part of adult
female reproductive system
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