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ECB-ANAT-124

Anatomy Term: micromere
ECAO ID: 0104690
Synonyms: micromeres
Definition: "Small blastomere of the vegetal hemisphere of the cleaving embryo located at to the vegetal pole"
Stage Range: 16-cell stage to 28-cell stage
Marker Genes:
Antibody:
Develops From:
  		Develops Into:
Anatomy Item Stage Range
large micromere 32-cell stage to undefined
small micromere 32-cell stage to undefined
 

Parent(s): blastomere (is_a) vegetal hemisphere (part_of)

 


References: NCBO BioPortal , Ontology Lookup Service