FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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General Information
Term photoreceptor neuron ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004211 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Sensory neuron that reacts to the presence of light, due to the presence of rhodopsin.[ FlyBase:FBrf0239342 ]
Also Known As "photoreceptor cell"
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VFB:FBbt_00004211
Annotations
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Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN     443
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION      95
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      36
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN     188
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 Alleles Genes Images  Insertions Constructs
 photoreceptor neuron (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)     444    123      1     27    131    216
     photoreceptor neuron | adult stage      19       --       --       --       1     15
     photoreceptor neuron | adult stage | conditional       5       --       --       --       1      2
     photoreceptor neuron | adult stage | increased number       1       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | adult stage | progressive       2       --       --       --       --       2
     photoreceptor neuron | adult stage | somatic clone       2       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | adult stage | somatic clone | conditional       1       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | cell autonomous | pupal stage | somatic clone       2       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | cell autonomous | somatic clone       3       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | cell non-autonomous | somatic clone       3       --       --       --       1       --
     photoreceptor neuron | chemical conditional       2       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | conditional       3       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | ectopic      24       --       --       --       4     14
     photoreceptor neuron | ectopic | heat sensitive       1       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | ectopic | larval stage       2       --       --       --       --       4
     photoreceptor neuron | ectopic | somatic clone       6       --       --       --       --       2
     photoreceptor neuron | embryonic stage       1       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | heat sensitive      10       --       --       --       --       8
     photoreceptor neuron | increased number      16       --       --       --       --      16
     photoreceptor neuron | increased number | third instar larval stage       2       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | larval stage       3       --       --       --       1      1
     photoreceptor neuron | larval stage | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | P-stage       6       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | P-stage | ectopic       5       --       --       --       --       7
     photoreceptor neuron | pharate adult stage       1       --       --       --       --       1
     photoreceptor neuron | precursor       2       --       --       --       --       1
     photoreceptor neuron | progressive       4       --       --       --       --       2
     photoreceptor neuron | pupal stage       7       --       --       --       --       8
     photoreceptor neuron | pupal stage | conditional       1       --       --       --       1       --
     photoreceptor neuron | pupal stage | somatic clone       3       --       --       --       --       2
     photoreceptor neuron | RU486 conditional       3       --       --       --       --       3
     photoreceptor neuron | somatic clone      64       --       --       --       7     10
     photoreceptor neuron | somatic clone - Minute background | third instar larval stage       2       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | somatic clone | increased number       2       --       --       --       --       --
     photoreceptor neuron | somatic clone | third instar larval stage       9       --       --       --       --       7
     photoreceptor neuron | third instar larval stage      14       --       --       --       --      16
     photoreceptor neuron | wandering third instar larval stage       2       --       --       --       --       2
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 |__sensory neuron________
 |__visual system neuron__|
                          photoreceptor neuron  3940 rec.
                           |__LN Pdf neuron 235 rec.
                           |   |__l-LNv neuron(+) 176 rec.
                           |   |__s-LNv Pdf neuron 85 rec.
                           |__photoreceptor cell of Bolwig organ 32 rec.
                           |   |__Rh5 photoreceptor of Bolwig organ 10 rec.
                           |   |__Rh6 photoreceptor of Bolwig organ 16 rec.
                           |__rhabdomeric photoreceptor cell 3021 rec.
                               |__eye photoreceptor cell(+) 2910 rec.
                               |__eyelet photoreceptor cell 23 rec.
                               |__ocellar retinula cell(+) 112 rec.
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CL:0000210
VFB:FBbt_00004211