FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term muscle cell ID (Ontology) FBbt:00005074 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Somatic, contractile cell that makes up a muscle. It is formed by several fusion events between fusion competent myoblasts and one founder cell.[ FlyBase:FBrf0051585 FlyBase:FBrf0205186 FlyBase:FBrf0217289 ]
Comment In contrast to vertebrates, in Drosophila embryos and larva, each muscle is a single myotube (Maqbool and Jagla, 2007).
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Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      33
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION       6
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       2
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      21
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 Alleles Genes Insertions Constructs
 muscle cell (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      33     29      9     27
     muscle cell | absent       2       --       --       2
     muscle cell | adult stage       3       --       --       2
     muscle cell | decreased number       3       --       --       3
     muscle cell | embryonic stage       7       --       --       4
     muscle cell | increased number       3       --       --       2
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   |__somatic cell
       |__muscle cell  4851 rec.
           |__adult muscle cell 1950 rec.
           |   |__adult somatic muscle cell(+) 1668 rec.
           |   |__adult visceral muscle cell(+) 269 rec.
           |__larval muscle cell 2787 rec.
           |   |__larval somatic muscle cell(+) 2545 rec.
           |   |__larval visceral muscle cell(+) 572 rec.
           |__myotube 135 rec.
           |__somatic muscle cell 4212 rec.
           |   |__adult somatic muscle cell(+) 1668 rec.
           |   |__asynchronous muscle cell(+) 306 rec.
           |   |__embryonic somatic muscle cell(+) 216 rec.
           |   |__larval somatic muscle cell(+) 2545 rec.
           |   |__posterior spiracle retractor muscle cell(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__spiracular occlusor muscle cell(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__synchronous muscle cell(+) 184 rec.
           |   |__tubular muscle cell 6 rec.
           |__visceral muscle cell 1013 rec.
               |__adult visceral muscle cell(+) 269 rec.
               |__contractile cardiomyocyte(+) 3 rec.
               |__embryonic visceral muscle cell(+) 65 rec.
               |__foregut muscle cell(+) 7 rec.
               |__hindgut muscle cell(+) 11 rec.
               |__larval visceral muscle cell(+) 572 rec.
               |__midgut muscle cell(+) 47 rec.
               |__visceral muscle fiber(+) 190 rec.
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