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Optic Vesicle


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The first morphological sign of eye morphogenesis is evagination of the optic vesicles, which occurs in the ventral forebrain during the final stages of neural tube formation. During this process, the neural retina and the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) domains are specified.

Optic Vesicle
Multiple Ancestors Single Ancestor No Descendants Develops from Part of Parent
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