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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:gonadal ridge
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Accession:UBERON:0005294 term browser browse the term
Definition:The elevation of thickened mesothelium and underlying mesenchyme found on the ventromedial border of the embryonic mesonephros in which the primordial germ cells become embedded, establishing it as the primordium of the testis or ovary.
Comment:[development-note] "in eutherians, SRY transforms the indifferent gonad into testes"
Synonyms:exact_synonym: genital ridge;   indifferent gonadal ridge
 related_synonym: crista gonadalis;   genital cord
 xref: AAO:0011047;   BTO:0001402;   EFO:0001414;   EHDAA2:0004044;   EMAPA:35899;   FMA:321917;   NCI:C34184;   NCI:C34321;   SCTID:308801004;   SCTID:361399001;   UMLS:C0231047;   UMLS:C1512243;   Wikipedia:Gonadal_ridge;   XAO:0000018



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        developing anatomical structure 0
          embryonic structure 0
            gonadal ridge 0
              sex cord + 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  embryonic tissue 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        mesoderm 0
                          intermediate mesoderm 0
                            urogenital fold 0
                              gonadal ridge 0
                                sex cord + 0
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