Lens placode
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| Lens placode | |
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| Transverse section of head of chick embryo of fifty-two hours’ incubation. | |
| Latin | placoda lentis |
| Precursor | surface ectoderm |
| Gives rise to | lens |
| Code | TE E5.16.3.1.0.0.13 |
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]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 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. PMID 17140559.
[edit] External links
- eye-008 — Embryology at UNC
- http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/martini10/chapter18/custom3/deluxe-content.html
- http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/embryo_new/eye/2/
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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