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hair follicle placode
- Term ID
- UBERON:0005086
- Synonyms
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- hair gem
- hair germ
- hair peg
- hair placode
- vibrissa placode
- Definition
- A bud-like thickening in the epidermis consisting of elongated keratinocytes, which at the distal end are in touch with numerous aggregated specialized dermal fibroblasts, the dermal condensate. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.005
- References
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- EMAPA:36479
- Ontology
- Cell Ontology
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