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flight muscle cell FBbt_00003360

01 Jan 2022AdultMuscleFBbt

flight muscle cell

ID: FBbt_00003360

Adult Muscle

Any muscle cell (FBbt:00005074) that is part of some flight muscle (FBbt:00058881).

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Classification

  • somatic muscle cell of mesothorax
  • trunk mesoderm derivative

Relationships

  • capable_of_part_of: flight
  • develops from: adepithelial cell of wing disc
  • is part of: flight muscle
  • receives synaptic input from neuron: flight muscle motor neuron

Subclasses of flight muscle cell (45 total)

ThumbnailNameTags
muscle cell of mesothoracic pleurosternal muscle 59Adult, Muscle
muscle cell of mesothoracic pleurosternal muscle 60Adult, Muscle
muscle cell of tergosternal muscle 47aAdult, Muscle
muscle cell of tergosternal muscle 47cAdult, Muscle
tergosternal muscle cellAdult, Muscle

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scRNAseq data for flight muscle cell (27 total)

ThumbnailNameTags
scRNAseq_2022_FCA_MALE_FULL_seq_clustering_indirect_flight_muscle_cellsAdult, Cluster
scRNAseq_2022_FCA_MALE_BODY_seq_clustering_indirect_flight_muscle_cellsAdult, Cluster
scRNAseq_2022_FCA_FEMALE_FULL_seq_clustering_indirect_flight_muscle_cellsAdult, Cluster
scRNAseq_2022_FCA_FEMALE_WALL_seq_clustering_indirect_flight_muscle_cellsAdult, Cluster
scRNAseq_2022_FCA_FEMALE_BODY_seq_clustering_indirect_flight_muscle_cellsAdult, Cluster

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Graphs For

  • Cell-type hierarchy of flight muscle cell
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