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Embryonic Structures > Embryo, Nonmammalian > Chick Embryo
Animal Structures > Embryo, Nonmammalian > Chick Embryo

Preferred term

Chick Embryo  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Chick Embryos
  • Embryo, Chick
  • Embryos, Chick

Note

  • check tag: NIM no qualifiers; chick embryo heart = CHICK EMBRYO + HEART /embryol (not FETAL HEART); transfer of chick embryo = CHICK EMBRYO /transpl not EMBRYO TRANSFER

Scope note

  • The developmental entity of a fertilized chicken egg (ZYGOTE). The developmental process begins about 24 h before the egg is laid at the BLASTODISC, a small whitish spot on the surface of the EGG YOLK. After 21 days of incubation, the embryo is fully developed before hatching.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002642

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