Portion of tissue that is part of the anterior neural keel and will form the optic vesicle[ZFA]. A paired ectodermal placode that becomes invaginated to form the embryonic lens vesicles. [ ZFA:0000570 http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0046619 ]
Synonyms: optic placode eye placode ocular primordium occular primordium optic primordium optic placode of camera-type eye
Term information
- EFO:0003541
- AAO:0011038
- EHDAA2:0004431
- ZFA:0000570
- XAO:0004090
- TAO:0000570
- XAO:0000227
efo_slim
TODO - check that GO's optic placode is the same as ZFA's eye primordium; we may want to have separate term for ocular primordium precursor. XAO has both optic field and eye primordium.