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hair follicle placode

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A bud-like thickening in the epidermis consisting of elongated keratinocytes, which at the distal end are in touch with numerous aggregated specialized dermal fibroblasts, the dermal condensate. [ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.005 ]

Term info

Label

hair follicle placode

Synonyms
  • hair placode
database cross reference
external definition

An hair follicle placode is a thickening of the ectoderm that will give rise to the hair follicle bud[GO].

has narrow synonym

vibrissa placode

has related synonym

hair gem, hair germ, hair peg

id

UBERON:0005086