AmiGO 2: Term Details for "R8 cell fate commitment" (GO:0007460)

Accession: GO:0007460
Name: R8 cell fate commitment
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: restriction of R8 fate
Alternate IDs: GO:0007461
Definition: The process in which the R8 photoreceptor commits to its cell fate. The R8 receptor contributes the central part of the rhabdomere in the basal parts of the ommatidium. Source: PMID:3076112, PMID:3937883
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0007460 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to R8 cell fate commitment (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to R8 cell fate commitment (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for R8 cell fate commitment (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
R8 cell fate commitment	is_a	compound eye photoreceptor fate commitment (GO:0001752)
R8 cell fate commitment	BFO:0000050	R8 cell differentiation (GO:0045465)

subject	relation	object
R8 cell fate specification (GO:0045464)	BFO:0000050	R8 cell fate commitment

R8 cell fate commitment