FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term female accessory gland ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004914 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Small, bilaterally paired gland that lies caudal to the spermathecae and is connected to the uterus by a duct (McQueen et al., 2022). The gland wall consists of a single layer of secretory cells, each with a large vacuole and a minute acidophilic granule towards the gland lumen (McQueen et al., 2022). It arises from the segment 9 (male genital) primordium in the female genital disc (McQueen et al., 2022).[ FlyBase:FBrf0007735 FlyBase:FBrf0141451 FlyBase:FBrf0253444 ]
Also Known As "appendicular gland" ; "colleterial gland" ; "female AcGl" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      28
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION       3
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       6
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 female accessory gland (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      28     13      3      7      2
     female accessory gland | P-stage       2       --       --       1       --
     female accessory gland | temperature conditional       1       --       --       --       --
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gland______________________________|
                                   female reproductive gland
                                    |__female accessory gland  54 rec.
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