| Term: | blastoderm cleavage furrow |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | blastoderm |
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| Definition: | Embryonic structure that is composed of the cellular part of the embryo, excluding the yolk cell, derived from the blastodisc by early morphogenesis; refers particularly to the time when the cell array is sheet-like, between 30%-epiboly and the end of gastrulation. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001176] |
| Name: | cleavage furrow |
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| Definition: | The cleavage furrow is a plasma membrane invagination at the cell division site. The cleavage furrow begins as a shallow groove and eventually deepens to divide the cytoplasm. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0032154] QuickGO AmiGO |