| Phenotype: | VaP motor neuron axon branchiness, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | VaP motor neuron |
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| Synonyms: | variable primary motoneuron |
| Definition: | A primary motor neuron of the spinal cord. This cell is present in slightly less than half of the trunk hemisegments. Additionally, this cell has at least 2 different fates: it may become a primary motoneuron and arborize in an exclusive muscle territory, or it may die during embryonic development. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005181] |
| Name: | axon |
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| Definition: | The long process of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses, usually away from the cell body to the terminals and varicosities, which are sites of storage and release of neurotransmitter. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0030424] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | branchiness |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | A shape quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the degree to which there are subdivisions or offshoots in a bearer entity. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002009] |