| Phenotype: | notochord lateral margin irregularly shaped, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | notochord |
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| Synonyms: | notocord |
| Definition: | Rod-like principal supportive element of the embryo and larva, present in the midline just ventral to the neural tube, and differentiating during the segmentation period to form large vacuolated epithelial cells and a surrounding sheath of fibrous and elastic layers. Layering of the sheath may differ in structure, thickness and development among groups; in cypriniforms there are actually three very thin layers to the sheath. A functional, well developed notochord is present throughout life in certain basal fish groups but not in cypriniforms. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000135] |
| Name: | lateral margin |
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| Definition: | Anatomical margin that is located on the lateral side of the body or body part. |
| Ontology: | Spatial Ontology [BSPO:0000682] |
| Name: | irregularly shaped |
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| Definition: | A shape quality inhering on a bearer by virtue of a bearer's shape lacking in pattern or uniformity; for example, it may have sides of different lengths, different curvatures, or unequal angles. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0005020] |