Lens placode

The Lens placode is a thickened portion of ectoderm which serves as the precursor to the lens.

Lens placode
Transverse section of head of chick embryo of fifty-two hours’ incubation.
Details
Precursorsurface ectoderm
Gives rise tolens
Identifiers
Latinplacoda lentis
TEplacode_by_E5.16.3.1.0.0.13 E5.16.3.1.0.0.13
Anatomical terminology

SOX2 and Pou2f1 are involved in its development.[1]

See also

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. Donner AL, Episkopou V, Maas RL (2007). "Sox2 and Pou2f1 interact to control lens and olfactory placode development". Dev. Biol. 303 (2): 784–99. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.10.047. PMC 3276313. PMID 17140559.


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