A specialized tract of tissue (as in the electric eel) in which electricity is generated. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000376 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_organ ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
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- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_organ
- TAO:0002037
- GAID:1210
- MESH:D004557
comment
- modified muscle or nerve cells, which became specialized for producing bioelectric fields stronger than those that normal nerves or muscles produce (Albert and Crampton, 2006)
definition
- A specialized tract of tissue (as in the electric eel) in which electricity is generated.
editor note
- TODO - request go term for function assignment; todo - add CL term for electrocyte
external definition
- Organ that is used to produce an electric field, i.e. an electric organ discharge (EOD).[TAO]
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- uberon
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- UBERON:0006869
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