primitive streak
Term info
primitive streak
pheno_slim, early_development
The primitive streak is a structure that forms during the early stages of avian, reptilian and mammalian embryonic development[WP]. the midline ridge of the embryonic epiblast that later develops into mesoderm and endoderm[MP].
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Gray13.png
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_32443
VHOG includes a very broad grouping here based on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9609826
primitive streak - blastopore - germ ring
uberon
(...) the blastopore equivalent of chordates (germ ring in fish, marginal zone/blastopore lip in frog and node/primitive streak in chick and mouse) (...) (reference 1); Indeed, the primitive streak has been considered the homologue of the blastopore since the 1870s (reference 2).[well established][VHOG]
UBERON:0004341
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Term relations
- anatomical entity
- embryonic tissue
- simple columnar epithelium
- has potential to develop into some mesoderm
- has potential to develop into some endoderm