| Term Name: | epidermal placode |
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| Definition: | Portion of tissue that is a thickening and reshaping of the epidermal basal stratum cells beneath which fibroblasts accumulate to form the scale primordium. |
| Appears at: | Larval:Days 21-29 (21d-30d, 7.8mm, 10 teeth) |
| Evident until: | Juvenile:Days 45-89 (45d-90d, 14 mm, 12 teeth) |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001703] |
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