second mitotic wave involved in compound eye morphogenesis
A discrete cell cycle in the third instar eye imaginal disc after progression of the morphogenetic furrow that contributes to compound eye morphogenesis. It is essential for generation of a sufficient pool of uncommitted cells to develop complete ommatidia.
GO:0000278
mitotic cell cycle
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GO:0001745
compound eye morphogenesis
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second mitotic wave during compound eye morphogenesis
related