FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term prefollicle cell ID (Ontology) FBbt:00047835 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Somatic cell of the germarium that differentiates from a follicle stem cell and can differentiate into a follicle cell.[ FlyBase:FBrf0084162 FlyBase:FBrf0209788 FlyBase:FBrf0233947 FlyBase:FBrf0234236 FlyBase:FBrf0247148 ]
Also Known As "pFC" ; "pre-follicle cell" ; "prefollicular cell"
Comment Can be identified by expression of zfh1 and distinguishable from follicle stem cells by the lack of Wnt4 expression (Rust et al., 2020).
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Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION       6
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 prefollicle cell (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       4      2      6      1
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somatic cell_______________________|
                                   somatic cell of ovariole
                                    |__prefollicle cell  13 rec.
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Is a somatic cell of ovariole
Develops from follicle stem cell
Part of germarium
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