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GO: Biological Process

compound eye retinal cell programmed cell death

Term ID
GO:0046667
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Definition
Programmed cell death that occurs in the retina to remove excess cells between ommatidia, thus resulting in a hexagonal lattice, precise with respect to cell number and position surrounding each ommatidium. 12006672
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GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
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