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blastopore
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000100
the orifice of invagination of the endomesodermal cells during the embryonic stages of an organism. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/660 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23103190 ]
Term info
Label
blastopore
Subsets
metazoa_core, early_development
contributor
https://github.com/ANiknejad, https://github.com/cmungall
dubious for taxon
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7955
external definition
A slit-like invagination on the dorsal side of the blastula surface of the embryo where the mesoderm and endoderm move inside the embryo at gatrulation.[AAO]
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0000100
see also
https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/660
taxon notes
In protostome development, the first opening in development, the blastopore, becomes the animal's mouth; In deuterostome development, the blastopore becomes the animal's anus
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