The axial mesoderm includes the prechordal mesoderm and the chordamesoderm. It gives rise to the prechordal plate and to the notochord. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0048318 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chordamesoderm ]

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Gray19_with_color.png

external definition

The portion of the mesoderm underlying the midline of the embryo. [Gastrulation:_From_cells_to_embryo_(2004)_Cold_Spring_Harbor, Glossary_XV, New_York:_Cold_Spring_Harbor_Laboratory_Press, Stern_CD][VHOG]

has related synonym

chordamesoderm

id

UBERON:0003068