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gonadal ridge

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The elevation of thickened mesothelium and underlying mesenchyme found on the ventromedial border of the embryonic mesonephros in which the primordial germ cells become embedded, establishing it as the primordium of the testis or ovary. [ MP:0011411 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]

Synonyms: indifferent gonadal ridge, gonadal ridge, genital ridge

Term info

database cross reference
  • XAO:0000018
  • NCIT:C34184
  • SCTID:308801004
  • SCTID:361399001
  • EHDAA2:0004044
  • UMLS:C0231047 (ncithesaurus:Urogenital_Ridge)
  • BTO:0001402
  • FMA:321917
  • Wikipedia:Gonadal_ridge
  • EFO:0001414
  • AAO:0011047
  • UMLS:C1512243 (ncithesaurus:Gonadal_Ridge)
  • NCIT:C34321
  • EMAPA:35899
Subsets

efo_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000011

in eutherians, SRY transforms the indifferent gonad into testes

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Gray1106.png

editor note

TODO - check developmental relationships. merge with urogenital ridge?

has related synonym

crista gonadalis, genital cord

id

UBERON:0005294

prefLabel

gonadal ridge