A thickened portion of ectoderm which serves as the precursor to the lens. SOX2 and Pou2f1 are involved in its development[WP]. [ http://zfin.org/curator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_placode ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- VHOG:0000166
- Wikipedia:Lens_placode
- ZFA:0000122
- TAO:0000122
- AAO:0011055
- EHDAA2:0000982
- EHDAA:2908
- XAO:0000240
- NCIT:C34202
- EMAPA:16672
- FMA:296767
- EFO:0003494
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core