| Name: | otic placode |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | Primordium of the ear epithelium before it hollows into the otic vesicle, present beside the hindbrain rudiment in the mid-segmentation period. (Also see Anatomical Atlas entry for ear by T. Whitfield.) |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000138] |
| Symbol: | pax8 |
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| Name: | paired box 8 |
| Location: | Chr: 5 Mapping Details/Browsers |
| Name: | absent |
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| Synonyms: | absence, absent from organism |
| Definition: | A quality denoting the lack of an entity. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000462] |