Term Name: forerunner cell group
Synonyms: DFCs, dorsal forerunner cells, forerunner cells
Definition: A group of cells that migrate at the leading edge of shield during gastrulation but do not involute. At the end of gastrulation, forerunner cells migrate deep into the embryo and organize to form Kupffer's vesicle.
Appears at: Gastrula:50%-epiboly (5.25h-5.66h)
Evident until: Segmentation:1-4 somites (10.33h-11.66h)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000023]

Relationships
develops from: noninvoluting endocytic marginal cell cluster
develops into: Kupffer's vesicle
is a type of: embryonic structure

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