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electric organ
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A specialized tract of tissue (as in the electric eel) in which electricity is generated. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_organ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000376 ]
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electric organ
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)
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:0006869