Term: optic vesicle regionalization
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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: regionalization
Synonyms:
Definition: The pattern specification process that results in the subdivision of an axis or axes in space to define an area or volume in which specific patterns of cell differentiation will take place or in which cells interpret a specific environment.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0003002]    QuickGO    AmiGO