Term Name: marginal blastomere
Synonyms: marginal blastomeres
Definition: Cells (incompletely cleaved before the YSL forms), located at the surface just at the rim of the blastodisc, external to the deep blastomeres.
Appears at: Cleavage:16-cell (1.5h-1.75h)
Evident until: Blastula:Dome (4.33h-4.66h)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000541]

Relationships
develops into: yolk syncytial layer
is a type of: blastomere

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