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vertebral element
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Skeletal element that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column. [ http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/294 ]
Term info
Label
vertebral element
Synonyms
- vertebra element
curator notes
we include a distinct subclass for bony vertebra
has alternative id
UBERON:0015005
has broad synonym
vertebra skeletal element
has narrow synonym
vertebral endochondral element, vertebra endochondral element
has obo namespace
uberon
has relational adjective
vertebral
homology notes
In contrast to lampreys and jawed vertebrates, hagfishes were thought to lack vertebrae. Now, long overlooked vertebral rudiments have been analysed in hagfish, suggesting that vertebrae existed in the last common ancestor of all vertebrates.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0010913
taxon notes
Typically an endochondral element, in salamanders there is an argument that vertebral development is perichondral and not preformed in cartilage
Term relations
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