Term info
database cross reference
- FBdv:00005288
- ZFS:0000001
- MFO:0005280
- ZFA:0000001
- XAO:0000035
- EMAPA:16033
- EHDAA:27
- EVM:2990001
definition
Small but distinctive epithelial sac containing fluid, located midventrally posterior to the yolk cell or its extension, and transiently present during most of the segmentation period. Kupffer's vesicle has been compared to the mouse embryonic node.
has exact synonym
Kupffer's vesicle, one-cell stage, Zygote:1-cell
term editor
Tomasz Adamusiak, James Malone