Term: optic vesicle nucleus
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Name: optic vesicle
Synonyms: optic vesicles
Definition: Portion of tissue that is comprised of neuroepithelium which has pinched off from the anterior neural keel and will form the optic cup.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000050]
Name: nucleus
Synonyms: cell nucleus, horsetail nucleus
Definition: A membrane-bounded organelle of eukaryotic cells in which chromosomes are housed and replicated. In most cells, the nucleus contains all of the cell's chromosomes except the organellar chromosomes, and is the site of RNA synthesis and processing. In some species, or in specialized cell types, RNA metabolism or DNA replication may be absent.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005634]    QuickGO    AmiGO