eye primordium
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 ]
Term info
eye primordium
- eye placode
- occular primordium
- ocular primordium
- optic placode
- optic placode of camera-type eye
- optic primordium
efo_slim
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.
UBERON:0005060
uberon
eye field, eye anlage, optic placodes, optic field
UBERON:0003071
Term relations
- epithelium
- primordium
- zebrafish component
- embryonic structure
- part of some embryonic structure
- part of some embryo
- part of some multicellular organism