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GO: Biological Process
photoreceptor cell morphogenesis
- Term ID
- GO:0008594
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- photoreceptor development
- Definition
- The process in which the structures of a photoreceptor cell are generated and organized. This process occurs while the initially relatively unspecialized cell is acquiring the specialized features of a photoreceptor cell, a sensory cell that reacts to the presence of light. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.
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