R8 cell fate commitment

id: GO:0007460
name: R8 cell fate commitment
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0001752compound eye photoreceptor fate commitment