| Name: | caudal hematopoietic tissue |
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| Definition: | Tissue that lies between the caudal artery and the caudal vein plexus where definitive hematopoiesis occurs after 48hpf and before the hematopoietic progenitors migrate to the thymus and kidney. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005898] |
| Name: | hematopoietic stem cell |
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| Synonyms: | colony forming unit hematopoietic, hematopoietic progenitor cell, hemopoietic progenitor cell, hemopoietic stem cell, HSC |
| Definition: | A stem cell from which all cells of the lymphoid and myeloid lineages develop, including blood cells and cells of the immune system. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009014] |