female genital primordium [FBbt_00052052]

Ventral region of the genital disc that derives from abdominal segment 8 (Keisman et al., 2001. By third instar stage, it constitutes the majority of the disc in the female, but a much smaller proportion in the male (Keisman et al., 2001. In females, it produces the majority of adult female genital structures, in the male it produces a miniature eighth tergite (Keisman et al., 2001. (Keisman et al., 2001, Epper, 1983, Chen and Baker, 1997, Epper and Nothiger, 1982)