The central region of trunk mesoderm. This tissue forms the notochord.

Notochord rudiment[ZFIN:ZDB-PUB-961014-576].

WP treats this as synonym of axial mesoderm. Induces neural tube. Gilbert: contains an anterior head process and the notochord.

presumptive notochord, axial chorda mesoderm, dorsal mesoderm, chorda mesoderm

uberon

UBERON:0004880

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

• notochord

• optic vesicle