| Phenotype: | vertebra poorly ossified, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | vertebra |
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| Synonyms: | vertebrae |
| Definition: | All serially repeated ossified, cartilaginous, and ligamentous elements around the notochord (Schultze and Arratia, 1988). Adult zebrafish usually 32 vertebrae but may have as few as 30 to as many as 33 vertebrae. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001189] |
| Name: | poorly ossified |
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| Definition: | A quality inhering in an bearer by virtue of the bearer's possessing only minor levels of ossification. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002480] |