FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term larval Kenyon cell ID (Ontology) FBbt:00049826 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Kenyon cell (KC) of the larval (or late embryonic) mushroom body. It has its soma in the mushroom body cell body rind (above the calyx) and dendrites in the calyx and its axon projects through the pedunculus and bifurcates into the vertical and medial lobes (Lee et al., 1999). The first KCs generated in the embryo and early larva are gamma neurons, with alpha'/beta' neurons being born in the late larva (Lee et al., 1999; Kunz et al., 2012). Later born neurons occupy more central positions within the pedunculus and lobe bundles, so that in the late third instar, the embryonic gamma axons occupy the periphery, with the larval-born gamma neurons beneath, and the alpha'/beta' neurons at the core (Kurusu et al., 2002). During the pupal stage, gamma KCs are dramatically remodeled to form the adult gamma lobe, alpha'/beta' KCs remain largely the same and alpha/beta neurons are generated to form the alpha and beta lobes (Lee et al., 1999).[ FlyBase:FBrf0111409 FlyBase:FBrf0144836 FlyBase:FBrf0218649 ]
Also Known As "embryonic/larval KC" ; "embryonic/larval Kenyon cell" ; "larval KC"
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Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       3
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       2
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 larval Kenyon cell (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       3      2      2      1
     larval Kenyon cell | decreased number | somatic clone       2       --       2       --
     larval Kenyon cell | decreased number | third instar larval stage       1       --       --       --
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 |__larval interneuron_______________
mushroom body intrinsic neuron       |
 |__Kenyon cell______________________|
anterior ectoderm derivative         |
 |__Kenyon cell______________________|
CNS neuron                           |
 |__supraesophageal ganglion neuron__|
larval CNS neuron                    |
 |__larval interneuron_______________|
                                     larval Kenyon cell  8 rec.
                                      |__larval alpha'/beta' Kenyon cell
                                      |__larval gamma Kenyon cell
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Is a supraesophageal ganglion neuron
Kenyon cell
larval interneuron
Part of larval brain
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  • "embryonic/larval KC" EXACT
    "embryonic/larval Kenyon cell" EXACT
    "larval KC" EXACT[ FlyBase:FBrf0227179 ]
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