Phenotype: neural plate dorsal convergence process quality, abnormal
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: neural plate
Synonyms: presumptive central nervous system
Definition: Portion of tissue that is the earliest recognizable dorsal ectodermal primordium of the central nervous system present near the end of gastrulation before infolding to form the neural keel; consists of a thickened pseudostratified epithelium.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000132]
Name: dorsal convergence
Synonyms:
Definition: The directed migration of individual cells and small groups of cells toward the dorsal midline during gastrulation. This process does not require cell rearrangement.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0060030]    QuickGO    AmiGO
Name: process quality
Synonyms: quality of a process, quality of occurrent, quality of process, relational quality of occurrent
Definition: A quality which inheres in an process.
Ontology: Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001236]