Reproductive organ that produces and releases eggs (ovary) or sperm (testis). [ ZFA:0000413 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonad https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0140512888 http://zfin.org/curator ]
Synonyms: gonada
Term information
- MESH:D006066
- EMAPA:17383
- ZFA:0000413
- OpenCyc:Mx4rwQvdiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- TAO:0000413
- FMA:18250
- XAO:0003146
- AAO:0000213
- BSA:0000079
- VHOG:0000397
- BILA:0000123
- HAO:0000379
- BTO:0000534
- MA:0002420
- FBbt:00004858
- SCTID:304623008
- GAID:368
- WBbt:0005175
- NCIT:C12725
- UMLS:C0018067 (ncithesaurus:Gonad)
- Wikipedia:Gonad
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim, major_organ
Anatomical structure which produces gametes as well as certain sex hormones controlled by the pituitary gonadotropins.[AAO]
The part of the reproductive system that produces and releases eggs (ovary) or sperm (testis).[TAO]
Examination of different vertebrate species shows that the adult gonad is remarkably similar in its morphology across different phylogenetic classes. Surprisingly, however, the cellular and molecular programs employed to create similar organs are not evolutionarily conserved.[uncertain][VHOG]
Term relations
- reproductive organ
- cellular anatomical structure
- has part some germ cell
- develops from some gonad primordium
- contains process some gamete generation