progression of morphogenetic furrow involved in compound eye morphogenesis

Term ID

GO:0007458

Synonyms

• progression of morphogenetic furrow during compound eye morphogenesis

Definition

The morphogenetic furrow is a dorsoventral indentation which sweeps anteriorly across the eye disc. Ommatidia begin to form along the furrow, resulting in a graded series of ommatidial development across the anterior/posterior axis of the disc. (2)

References

Ontology

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