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eye primordium

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Portion of tissue that is part of the anterior neural keel and will form the optic vesicle[ZFA]. A paired ectodermal placode that becomes invaginated to form the embryonic lens vesicles. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0046619 ZFA:0000570 ]

Synonyms: optic placode, eye placode, ocular primordium, occular primordium, optic primordium, optic placode of camera-type eye

Term info

database cross reference
  • EHDAA2:0004431
  • ZFA:0000570
  • TAO:0000570
  • AAO:0011038
  • XAO:0000227
  • XAO:0004090
  • EFO:0003541
Subsets

efo_slim

plural term
optic placodes

UBPROP 0000012

TODO - check that GO's optic placode is the same as ZFA's eye primordium; we may want to have separate term for ocular primordium precursor. XAO has both optic field and eye primordium.

has related synonym

eye field, eye anlage, optic placodes, optic field

has alternative id

UBERON:0005060

id

UBERON:0003071