Terminology Service for NFDI4Health

gonadal ridge

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Term info

Label

gonadal ridge

database cross reference
Subsets

efo_slim, pheno_slim

definition

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.

depicted by

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

development notes

in eutherians, SRY transforms the indifferent gonad into testes

editor note

TODO - check developmental relationships. merge with urogenital ridge?

has exact synonym

indifferent gonadal ridge, gonadal ridge, genital ridge

has related synonym

crista gonadalis, genital cord

id

UBERON:0005294

imported from

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