Term: lens fiber cell lens fiber cell morphogenesis
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Name: lens fiber cell
Synonyms:
Definition: A vertebrate lens cell that is any of the elongated, tightly packed cells that make up the bulk of the mature lens in a camera-type eye.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009401]
Name: lens fiber cell morphogenesis
Synonyms: elongation of lens fiber cell, lens fiber cell morphogenesis during differentiation, lens fibre cell morphogenesis
Definition: The process in which the structures of a lens fiber cell are generated and organized. This process occurs while the initially relatively unspecialized cell is acquiring the specialized features of a lens fiber cell. A lens fiber cell is any of the elongated, tightly packed cells that make up the bulk of the mature lens in a camera-type eye.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0070309]    QuickGO    AmiGO
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