FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term follicle stem cell ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004903 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Stem cell from which the follicle cells that envelop the germline cyst derive. They develop from the larval follicle stem cell progenitors (Slaidina et al., 2020). There are two follicle stem cells in each germarium, located at opposite sides of the lateral wall of the germarium, in between regions 2a and 2b (Reilein et al., 2017). Each follicle stem cell produces over 500 follicle cells from nine cell divisions (Airoldi et al., 2011).[ FlyBase:FBrf0084162 FlyBase:FBrf0202474 FlyBase:FBrf0209788 FlyBase:FBrf0217092 FlyBase:FBrf0235409 FlyBase:FBrf0244767 FlyBase:FBrf0247148 ]
Also Known As "epithelial follicle stem cell" ; "FSC"
Comment Can be identified by expression of zfh1, Fas3 and low expression of Wnt4 (Rust et al., 2020).
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Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      62
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION      17
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      12
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      19
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 Alleles Genes  Insertions Constructs
 follicle stem cell (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      62     11      5     29     26
     follicle stem cell | heat sensitive       2       --       --       --       --
     follicle stem cell | oogenesis | progressive | somatic clone       2       --       --       --       --
     follicle stem cell | somatic clone      50       --       --      10     16
     follicle stem cell | somatic clone | increased number       1       --       --       --       --
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somatic stem cell
 |__gonadal somatic stem cell______
female-specific anatomical entity  |
 |__somatic cell of ovariole_______|
somatic cell                       |
 |__somatic cell of ovariole_______|
                                   follicle stem cell  133 rec.
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Is a gonadal somatic stem cell
somatic cell of ovariole
Develops from larval follicle stem cell progenitor
Part of germarium
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CL:0000441