FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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General Information
Term photoreceptor ID (Ontology) FBbt:00005162 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition A light sensitive sense organ.
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VFB:FBbt_00005162
Annotations
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Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN     137
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION       1
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      13
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      66
Constructs (FBtp)  USES       1
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 Alleles Genes Insertions Constructs
 photoreceptor (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)     137     11     14     69
     photoreceptor | adult stage      14       --       1      7
     photoreceptor | adult stage | progressive       3       --       --       2
     photoreceptor | adult stage | progressive | somatic clone       1       --       --       --
     photoreceptor | adult stage | somatic clone       5       --       --       --
     photoreceptor | cell autonomous | ectopic | somatic clone       2       --       --       4
     photoreceptor | conditional       4       --       --       4
     photoreceptor | ectopic | somatic clone       6       --       --       8
     photoreceptor | ectopic | third instar larval stage       2       --       --       2
     photoreceptor | embryonic stage       2       --       --       2
     photoreceptor | heat sensitive       2       --       --       1
     photoreceptor | larval stage       2       --       --       --
     photoreceptor | precursor       1       --       --       --
     photoreceptor | progressive       2       --       --       2
     photoreceptor | progressive | somatic clone       1       --       1       --
     photoreceptor | pupal stage       6       --       2      1
     photoreceptor | pupal stage | somatic clone       1       --       --       --
     photoreceptor | somatic clone       4       --       1      1
     photoreceptor | somatic clone | increased number | third instar larval stage       1       --       --       --
     photoreceptor | somatic clone | third instar larval stage       2       --       --       1
     photoreceptor | third instar larval stage      12       --       1      9
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 |__sense organ__________
 |__visual system________|
multicellular structure  |
 |__sense organ__________|
                         photoreceptor  15918 rec.
                          |__Bolwig organ 221 rec.
                          |__eye 15625 rec.
                          |   |__deep pseudopupil 6 rec.
                          |   |__eye dorsal compartment 7 rec.
                          |   |__eye equator 32 rec.
                          |   |__eye ventral compartment 6 rec.
                          |   |__interommatidial bristle 1127 rec.
                          |   |__pigment rim
                          |   |__retina(+) 9231 rec.
                          |   |__subretinal pigment layer
                          |__eyelet 9 rec.
                          |__ocellus 469 rec.
                          |   |__lateral ocellus 14 rec.
                          |   |__medial ocellus 17 rec.
                          |   |__ocellus lens(+) 10 rec.
                          |__ommatidium 5748 rec.
                              |__cone cell(+) 494 rec.
                              |__dorsal margin ommatidium(+) 52 rec.
                              |__eye photoreceptor cell(+) 2910 rec.
                              |__lens(+) 164 rec.
                              |__pale ommatidium(+) 62 rec.
                              |__primary pigment cell(+) 155 rec.
                              |__yellow ommatidium(+) 61 rec.
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UBERON:0000970
VFB:FBbt_00005162