A visceral organ which provides osmoregulation and waste excretion for tadpoles through adult stages in Xenopus. The mesonephros starts to develop at NF stage 39, then during feeding stage tadpoles through metamorphosis replaces the embryonic pronephros as it degenerates. [ XAO:curators ]

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Term information

OBO foundry unique label

mesonephros (xenopus)

has related synonym

adult kidney

urniere

opisthonephros

Wolffian body

mesonephros

has obo namespace

xenopus_anatomy

id

XAO:0000141

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