Preferred Name | ommatidium | |
Synonyms |
omatidia omatidium |
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Definitions |
The smallest morphological and functional unit of the compound eye that consists of a usually limited and often constant number of rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells, cornea-secreting epithelial cells, and interommatidial pigment cells, and may additionally contain crystalline cone cells. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000971 |
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database_cross_reference |
FBbt:00004510 BTO:0001922 MAT:0000143 HAO:0000666 MIAA:0000143 Wikipedia:Ommatidium |
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definition |
The smallest morphological and functional unit of the compound eye that consists of a usually limited and often constant number of rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells, cornea-secreting epithelial cells, and interommatidial pigment cells, and may additionally contain crystalline cone cells. |
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has_exact_synonym |
omatidium |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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has_related_synonym |
omatidia |
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id |
UBERON:0000971 |
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label |
ommatidium |
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notation |
UBERON:0000971 |
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prefLabel |
ommatidium |
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