| Term Name: | solid lens vesicle |
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| Synonyms: | immature lens, lens mass, lens vesicle, presumptive lens |
| Definition: | Portion of tissue that gives rise to the lens. The lens of the zebrafish forms by delamination of lens placodal cells and not through invagination. This results in a solid spherical mass as opposed to a hollow lens vesicle. Detachment of the solid lens vesicle of zebrafish at 24-26 hpf is accomplished in part by apoptosis, similar to mammals. |
| Appears at: | Segmentation:20-25 somites (19.0h-22.0h) |
| Evident until: | Pharyngula:Prim-5 (24.0h-30.0h) |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001679] |
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