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General Information
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| Term |
dorsal margin ommatidium |
ID (Ontology) |
FBbt:02000000 (Fly Anatomy) |
| Definition |
An ommatidial subtype located in a single row at the dorsal margin of the eye. This ommatidial subtype is specialized to detect the angle of polarized light.[ FlyBase:FBrf0051852 FlyBase:FBrf0180690 ] |
| Also Known As |
"dorsal rim ommatidium" |
| Comment |
The dorsal margin ommatidium expresses the opsin Rh3 (FBgn0003249) that detects polarized light in both photoreceptor R7 and R8 cells (Fortini and Rubin, 1990). |
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Links to External Ontologies
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VFB:FBbt_02000000
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Annotations
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Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
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| Genes |
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dorsal margin ommatidium (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements) | 1 |
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