polar follicle cell [FBbt_00004907]

Follicle cell at the anterior or posterior pole of the egg chamber. Initially they are found in clusters of 3-8 per pole, then excess cells undergo apoptosis during stages 2-5, leaving 2 per cluster.

polar follicle cell

ID: FBbt_00004907

Adult Cell

Follicle cell at the anterior or posterior pole of the egg chamber. Initially they are found in clusters of 3-8 per pole, then excess cells undergo apoptosis during stages 2-5, leaving 2 per cluster.

Can be identified by expression of upd1 (Rust et al., 2020).

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Alternative Names

Synonym Scope Reference
polar cell exact synonym Rust et al., 2020

Subclasses of polar follicle cell (2 total)

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anterior polar follicle cell Adult, Cell
posterior polar follicle cell Adult, Cell

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Expression patterns overlapping polar follicle cell (16 total)

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scRNAseq data for polar follicle cell (15 total)

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