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compound eye development

Term Information

Accession
GO:0048749
Name
compound eye development
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
insect-type retina development
Alternate IDs
GO:0007456
Definition
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the compound eye over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The compound eye is an organ of sight that contains multiple repeating units, often arranged hexagonally. Each unit has its own lens and photoreceptor cell(s) and can generate either a single pixelated image or multiple images, per eye. Source: Wikipedia:Eye, GOC:mtg_sensu, GOC:jid
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0048749 at QuickGO
Subset
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Feedback
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Parents of compound eye development (GO:0048749)
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compound eye development [is_a relation] is_a  eye development (GO:0001654)
Children of compound eye development (GO:0048749)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
compound eye morphogenesis (GO:0001745) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  compound eye development
compound eye corneal lens development (GO:0048058) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  compound eye development
regulation of R8 cell spacing in compound eye (GO:0045468) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  compound eye development
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