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haltere

Go to external page http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000987

The capitate stalk on both sides of the thorax having developed from the dorsal metathoracic wing-buds, it is freely movable and capable of vibration, representing the hind wing of Diptera; used for flight balance. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haltere http://flybase.org/reports/gg.htm https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A3110148986 ]

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim

editor note

this term should be ceded to the arthropod anatomy ontology

has related synonym

balancer organ

id

UBERON:0000987