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optic vesicle

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optic vesicle [′äp·tik ′ves·ə·kəl]
(embryology)
An evagination of the lateral wall of the forebrain in vertebrate embryos which precedes formation of the optic cup.
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Eye development was also closely monitored as a transition from an optic vesicle to a pigmented retina with an optic lens.
Embryogenesis in the Japanese Medaka, Oryzia lapites by Sims, Lisa Renee; Ellis, Jane / Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science
 
 
 
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