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 Kuppfer's vesicle. Cooper and D'Amico, 1996. [ http://zfin.org/curator ]
Synonyms: forerunner cells DFCs dorsal forerunner cells
Term information
- ZFA:0000023
incorrectly generalized to teleosts so being obsoleted. 'embryonic structure' and develops_from some 'noninvoluting endocytic marginal cell cluster'
This class was sourced from an external ontology (teleost_anatomy). Its definitions, naming conventions and relationships may need to be checked for compatibility with uberon