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mural trophectoderm
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006265
Trophectoderm that surrounds blastocyst cavity. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16341078 ]
Term info
Label
mural trophectoderm
Subsets
emapa_ehdaa2, early_development
external definition
The part of the trophectoderm which surrounds the blastocoelic cavity. [See_Kaufman_MH_and_Bard_JBL, The_anatomical_basis_of_mouse_development_(1999)_San_Diego:_Academic_Press, p.10][VHOG]
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uberon
has related synonym
mural trophoblast
homology notes
(...) the trophoblast develops rapidly so that contact may be made with the maternal uterine tissues when conditions are appropriate. We have here an excellent example of an embryonic adaptation, the development of a structure never present in either adult or embryo of 'lower' vertebrates.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0006265
Term relations
Subclass of:
- extraembryonic structure
- transitional anatomical structure
- surrounds some blastocele
- part of some trophectoderm