| Name: | preoptic area |
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| Synonyms: | area praeoptica, area preoptica, preoptic region |
| Definition: | Area of the forebrain anterior to the posterior tuberculum and the hypothalamus and ventral to the ventral thalamus. See Figure 7, p. 34 in Atlas of Early Zebrafish Brain Development. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000470] |
| Symbol: | vax2 |
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| Name: | ventral anterior homeobox 2 |
| Location: | Chr: 7 Mapping Details/Browsers |
| Name: | mislocalised |
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| Synonyms: | ectopic, mislocalized |
| Definition: | A positional quality inhering in a bearer by virtue the bearer's being changed in abnormal position. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000628] |