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ECB-ANAT-121

Anatomy Term: macromere
ECAO ID: 0104670
Synonyms: macromeres
Definition: "Larger blastomere of the vegetal hemisphere of the cleaving embryo located below the equator"
Stage Range: stage 5 to stage 5
Marker Genes:
Antibody:
Develops From:
  		Develops Into:
Anatomy Item Stage Range
macromere descendant cell stage 7 to stage 11
vegetal tier 1 stage 7 to stage 8
vegetal tier 2 stage 7 to stage 8
 

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

 


References: NCBO BioPortal , Ontology Lookup Service