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GO: Biological Process
compound eye photoreceptor fate commitment
- Term ID
- GO:0001752
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- Definition
- The process in which the developmental fate of a cell becomes restricted such that it will develop into a compound eye photoreceptor cell. A photoreceptor cell is a cell that responds to incident electromagnetic radiation. Different classes of photoreceptor have different spectral sensitivities and express different photosensitive pigments.
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- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes