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dermal condensation of feather follicle
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A suprabasal cell population which together with the feather follicle placode develops into the feather follicle. [ http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/feather_evolution.htm ]
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dermal condensation of feather follicle
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UBERON:0011801
taxon notes
The development of placodes where dermal condensations occur, an evolutionary novelty, required changes in gene expression and timing. However, such changes are known to be an important mechanism in the origin of morphological innovations in many other organisms (True and Carroll 2002, Prum 2005)
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- cell condensation and part of some dermis and adjacent_to some feather follicle placode
Subclass of:
- cell condensation
- ectoderm-derived structure
- adjacent_to some feather follicle placode
- part of some dermis
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