FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term R8 cell differentiation ID (Ontology) GO:0045465 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of the R8 photoreceptor.[ PubMed:11880339 ]
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       6
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 R8 cell differentiation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       6
     involved_in | R8 cell differentiation       6
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compound eye morphogenesis______________
eye photoreceptor cell differentiation__|
                                        compound eye photoreceptor cell differentiation
                                         |__R8 cell differentiation  41 rec.
                                             |__R8 cell development 12 rec.
                                             |__R8 cell fate commitment 27 rec.
                                             |   |__R8 cell fate specification 20 rec.
                                             |__regulation of R8 cell differentiation 1 rec.
                                                 |__negative regulation of R8 cell differentiation 1 rec.
                                                 |__positive regulation of R8 cell differentiation
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Is a compound eye photoreceptor cell differentiation
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