| Name: | ciliary marginal zone |
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| Synonyms: | circumferential germinal zone, CMZ, peripheral growth zone, retinal ciliary marginal zone, retinal proliferative zone |
| Definition: | Proliferative region at the periphery of the retina where retinal stem cells are located. After 60 hpf, the CMZ is the source of most retinal growth. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001289] |
| Name: | spindle |
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| Definition: | The array of microtubules and associated molecules that forms between opposite poles of a eukaryotic cell during mitosis or meiosis and serves to move the duplicated chromosomes apart. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005819] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | apical-basal polarity |
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| Definition: | A positional quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's location of features or characteristics along an apical-basal axis. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002023] |