Anatomy Term: eye primordium
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XAO ID: 0000227
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Synonyms:
eye,
eye anlage
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Definition: "First trace of the future visual apparatus. The eye primordia forming antero-lateral evaginations of the closing neural tube are originally massive formations into which only a slit-shaped extension of the neural groove penetrates at NF stage 18. At NF stage 19 they clearly segregate from the anterior portion of the neural tube."
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Stage Range:
NF stage 15 to NF stage 18
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Marker Genes:
otx2
lhx2
fzd5
efnb2
ncam1
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Antibody:
Pomc Ab1
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