compound eye photoreceptor fate commitment
The process in which the developmental fate of a cell becomes restricted such that it will develop into a compound eye photoreceptor cell. A photoreceptor cell is a cell that responds to incident electromagnetic radiation. Different classes of photoreceptor have different spectral sensitivities and express different photosensitive pigments.
GO:0042706
eye photoreceptor cell fate commitment
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GO:0001751
compound eye photoreceptor cell differentiation
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