FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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General Information
Term eye ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004508 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition A bilaterally paired compound sense organ of the adult head that functions in visual perception.
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Annotations
Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS
Records annotated with this exact term (annotations to child terms are NOT included)
Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN    6006
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION      16
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN     617
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN    3041
Constructs (FBtp)  USES      14
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 Alleles Genes Images Insertions Constructs
 eye (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)    6007    108     19    632   3074
     eye | absent      10       --       --       --       8
     eye | absent | adult stage       2       --       --       --       2
     eye | absent | pharate adult stage       4       --       --       --       4
     eye | adult stage      91       --       --       2     86
     eye | adult stage | female limited       4       --       --       --       3
     eye | adult stage | male limited       2       --       --       --       1
     eye | adult stage | progressive       5       --       --       --       7
     eye | adult stage | somatic clone      23       --       --       5      1
     eye | adult stage | somatic clone - tissue specific       3       --       --       --       2
     eye | adult stage | temperature conditional       3       --       --       --       5
     eye | anterior      15       --       --       1      4
     eye | anterior | maternal effect       1       --       --       --       --
     eye | anterior | ventral       1       --       --       --       --
     eye | cell autonomous | somatic clone       7       --       --       1       --
     eye | cell non-autonomous | ectopic | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       --
     eye | cell non-autonomous | male | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       --
     eye | cell non-autonomous | somatic clone      20       --       --       --       8
     eye | cell non-autonomous | somatic clone | ventral       1       --       --       --       --
     eye | chemical conditional       6       --       --       --       6
     eye | cold sensitive      10       --       --       1      4
     eye | conditional      27       --       --       --      15
     eye | decreased number       2       --       --       --       2
     eye | dorsal      16       --       --       --      12
     eye | dorsal | posterior       2       --       --       --       --
     eye | dorsal | somatic clone       5       --       --       --       4
     eye | drug conditional       9       --       --       --      11
     eye | ectopic     139       --       --       4    115
     eye | ectopic | heat sensitive       3       --       --       --       3
     eye | ectopic | posterior       2       --       --       --       2
     eye | ectopic | somatic clone      17       --       --       1      5
     eye | ectopic | ventral       6       --       --       --       6
     eye | female       5       --       --       --       4
     eye | female limited       4       --       --       --       6
     eye | female limited | heat sensitive       1       --       --       1       --
     eye | female | germline clone       1       --       --       --       --
     eye | female | ventral       1       --       --       1       --
     eye | heat sensitive     118       --       --       5     68
     eye | increased number       2       --       --       --       2
     eye | increased number | ventral       7       --       --       --       7
     eye | lateral | posterior       2       --       --       --       --
     eye | male       7       --       --       --       4
     eye | male limited       6       --       --       --       6
     eye | male limited | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       --
     eye | male | ventral       1       --       --       1       --
     eye | maternal effect       7       --       --       2       --
     eye | nutrition conditional       6       --       --       1      4
     eye | P-stage      18       --       --       1      3
     eye | P-stage | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       --
     eye | pharate adult stage      38       --       --      14     22
     eye | pharate adult stage | ventral       2       --       --       1       --
     eye | posterior      24       --       --       6      7
     eye | posterior | heat sensitive       1       --       --       --       --
     eye | progressive      38       --       --       1     37
     eye | progressive | heat sensitive       3       --       --       --       5
     eye | progressive | nutrition conditional       1       --       --       --       1
     eye | pupal stage      13       --       --       2     12
     eye | pupal stage | somatic clone       4       --       --       --       5
     eye | pupal stage | temperature conditional       1       --       --       --       1
     eye | RU486 conditional       5       --       --       1      4
     eye | somatic clone     628       --       --      96     57
     eye | somatic clone - Minute background      14       --       --       3      1
     eye | somatic clone - tissue specific      34       --       --       5     12
     eye | somatic clone | conditional       3       --       --       --       --
     eye | somatic clone | drug conditional       8       --       --       --       --
     eye | somatic clone | heat sensitive       4       --       --       --       --
     eye | somatic clone | nutrition conditional       3       --       --       --       --
     eye | somatic clone | ventral       5       --       --       1      4
     eye | temperature conditional      24       --       --       1     23
     eye | tetracycline conditional       3       --       --       --       2
     eye | ventral      28       --       --       2     15
     eye | ventral | heat sensitive       1       --       --       --       1
Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)
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sense organ
 |__adult sense organ______________
 |__photoreceptor__________________|
external sensory organ             |
 |__external compound sense organ__|
compound sense organ               |
 |__external compound sense organ__|
ectodermal derivative              |
 |__anterior ectoderm derivative___|
 |__ventral ectoderm derivative____|
                                   eye  15625 rec.
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Is a adult sense organ
photoreceptor
external compound sense organ
anterior ectoderm derivative
ventral ectoderm derivative
Develops from eye disc
Part of adult head
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Synonyms
  • "compound eye" RELATED
Secondary IDs
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https://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/drosophila/melanogaster.html?compound%20eye
UBERON:0000018
VFB:FBbt_00004508