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XB-ANAT-4013

Anatomy Term: thrombocyte
XAO ID: 0005266
Synonyms:
Definition: "A cell type that produces platelets and coagulating factors that react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot. In amphibians, embryonic and adult thrombocytes have different origins and potentially different gene expression markers."
Stage Range: NF stage 28 to death
Marker Genes:
Antibody:
Develops From:
Anatomy Item Stage Range
ventral mesoderm NF stage 15 to NF stage 44
Develops Into:
 
Parent(s): ventral mesoderm

 

Parent(s): cell (is_a) blood (part_of) circulatory system (part_of)

 


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