FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term eye ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004508 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition A bilaterally paired compound sense organ of the adult head that functions in visual perception.
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Alleles (FBal)PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN
Insertions (FBti)EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION
Insertions (FBti)PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN
Constructs (FBtp)PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN
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 eye (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
     eye | absent
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     eye | absent | adult stage
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     eye | absent | pharate adult stage
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     eye | adult stage
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     eye | adult stage | female limited
      --       --       --
     eye | adult stage | male limited
      --       --       --
     eye | adult stage | progressive
      --       --       --
     eye | adult stage | somatic clone
      --       --
     eye | adult stage | somatic clone - tissue specific
      --       --       --
     eye | adult stage | temperature conditional
      --       --       --
     eye | anterior
      --       --
     eye | anterior | maternal effect
      --       --       --       --
     eye | anterior | ventral
      --       --       --       --
     eye | cell autonomous | somatic clone
      --       --
      --
     eye | cell autonomous | somatic clone - tissue specific
      --       --
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     eye | cell non-autonomous | ectopic | somatic clone
      --       --       --       --
     eye | cell non-autonomous | male | somatic clone
      --       --       --       --
     eye | cell non-autonomous | somatic clone
      --       --       --
     eye | cell non-autonomous | somatic clone | ventral
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     eye | chemical conditional
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     eye | cold sensitive
      --       --
     eye | conditional
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     eye | decreased number
      --       --       --
     eye | dorsal
      --       --       --
     eye | dorsal | posterior
      --       --       --       --
     eye | dorsal | somatic clone
      --       --       --
     eye | drug conditional
      --       --       --
     eye | ectopic
      --       --
     eye | ectopic | heat sensitive
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     eye | ectopic | posterior
      --       --       --
     eye | ectopic | somatic clone
      --       --
     eye | ectopic | ventral
      --       --       --
     eye | female
      --       --       --
     eye | female limited
      --       --       --
     eye | female limited | heat sensitive
      --       --
      --
     eye | female | germline clone
      --       --       --       --
     eye | female | ventral
      --       --
      --
     eye | heat sensitive
      --       --
     eye | increased number
      --       --       --
     eye | increased number | ventral
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     eye | lateral | posterior
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     eye | male
      --       --       --
     eye | male limited
      --       --       --
     eye | male limited | somatic clone
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     eye | male | ventral
      --       --
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     eye | maternal effect
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      --
     eye | nutrition conditional
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     eye | P-stage
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     eye | P-stage | somatic clone
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     eye | pharate adult stage
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     eye | pharate adult stage | ventral
      --       --
      --
     eye | posterior
      --       --
     eye | posterior | heat sensitive
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     eye | progressive
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     eye | progressive | heat sensitive
      --       --       --
     eye | progressive | nutrition conditional
      --       --       --
     eye | pupal stage
      --       --
     eye | pupal stage | somatic clone
      --       --       --
     eye | pupal stage | temperature conditional
      --       --       --
     eye | RU486 conditional
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     eye | somatic clone
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     eye | somatic clone - Minute background
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     eye | somatic clone - tissue specific
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     eye | somatic clone | conditional
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     eye | somatic clone | drug conditional
      --       --       --       --
     eye | somatic clone | heat sensitive
      --       --       --       --
     eye | somatic clone | nutrition conditional
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     eye | somatic clone | ventral
      --       --
     eye | temperature conditional
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     eye | tetracycline conditional
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     eye | ventral
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     eye | ventral | heat sensitive
      --       --       --
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head
 |__adult head_____________________
adult                              |
 |__adult sense organ______________|
adult tagma                        |
 |__adult head_____________________|
sense organ                        |
 |__adult sense organ______________|
 |__photoreceptor__________________|
external sensory organ             |
 |__external compound sense organ__|
compound sense organ               |
 |__external compound sense organ__|
ectodermal derivative              |
 |__anterior ectoderm derivative___|
 |__ventral ectoderm derivative____|
visual system                      |
 |__photoreceptor__________________|
                                   eye  15610 rec.
                                    |__deep pseudopupil 6 rec.
                                    |__eye dorsal compartment 7 rec.
                                    |__eye equator 32 rec.
                                    |__eye ventral compartment 6 rec.
                                    |__interommatidial bristle 1135 rec.
                                    |__pigment rim
                                    |__retina 9234 rec.
                                    |   |__dorsal rim area(+) 52 rec.
                                    |   |__interommatidial cell(+) 327 rec.
                                    |   |__ommatidium(+) 5757 rec.
                                    |   |__pigment cell(+) 3429 rec.
                                    |   |__retinal pigment granule(+) 16 rec.
                                    |__subretinal pigment layer
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Is a adult sense organ
photoreceptor
external compound sense organ
anterior ectoderm derivative
ventral ectoderm derivative
Develops from eye disc
Part of adult head
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Synonyms
  • "compound eye" RELATED
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https://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/drosophila/melanogaster.html?compound%20eye
UBERON:0000018
VFB:FBbt_00004508