| OBO ID: ZFA:0000132 |
| Term Name: | neural plate | Search Ontology: | |
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| Synonyms: | presumptive central nervous system | ||
| Definition: | Portion of tissue that is the earliest recognizable dorsal ectodermal primordium of the central nervous system present near the end of gastrulation before infolding to form the neural keel; consists of a thickened pseudostratified epithelium. (1) | ||
| Appears at: | Gastrula:75%-epiboly (8.0h-9.0h) | ||
| Evident until: | Segmentation:5-9 somites (11.66h-14.0h) | ||
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology |