Lens placode

Lens placode
Transverse section of head of chick embryo of fifty-two hours’ incubation.
Details
Precursorsurface ectoderm
Gives rise tolens
Identifiers
Latinplacoda lentis
TEplacode_by_E5.16.3.1.0.0.13 E5.16.3.1.0.0.13
Anatomical terminology

The Lens placode is a thickened portion of ectoderm which serves as the precursor to the lens.

SOX2 and Pou2f1 are involved in its development.[1]

See also

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. ↑ Donner AL, Episkopou V, Maas RL (2007). "Sox2 and Pou2f1 interact to control lens and olfactory placode development". Dev. Biol. 303 (2): 784–99. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.10.047. PMC 3276313. PMID 17140559.


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