| Term: | thymus primordium hematopoietic multipotent progenitor cell |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | thymus primordium |
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| Synonyms: | thymic rudiment |
| Definition: | A small outgrowth of the pharyngeal epithelium that is the site of lymphocyte cell production. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001077] |
| Name: | hematopoietic multipotent progenitor cell |
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| Synonyms: | hemopoietic progenitor cell |
| Definition: | A hematopoietic multipotent progenitor cell is multipotent, but not capable of long-term self-renewal. These cells are characterized as lacking lineage cell surface markers and being CD34-positive in both mice and humans. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009354] |