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eye primordium

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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

Label

eye primordium

Synonyms
  • eye placode
  • occular primordium
  • ocular primordium
  • optic placode
  • optic placode of camera-type eye
  • optic primordium
database cross reference
Subsets

efo_slim

plural term
optic placodes

external ontology notes

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.

has alternative id

UBERON:0005060

has related synonym

eye field, eye anlage, optic placodes, optic field

id

UBERON:0003071