| Name: | corpuscles of Stannius |
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| Definition: | Islands of eosinic cells found on the lateroventral surface of the kidney. Function is thought to be that of the parathyroid gland in other vertebrates, which are lacking in fishes. These cells secrete hypocalcin (teleocalcin) to regulate calcium metabolism. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001200] |
| Symbol: | Venus | ||||||||||||
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| Name: | Venus | ||||||||||||
| Previous Name: | yellow fluorescent protein variant (1) | ||||||||||||
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| Name: | absent |
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| Synonyms: | absence, absent from organism |
| Definition: | A quality denoting the lack of an entity. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000462] |