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Apical ectodermal ridge

Critical component of vertebrate limb development. It controls limb distal outgrowth.
Class type of: group of cells, embryonic structure Q4779801

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
group of cells, embryonic structure[1][2]
Anatomical location
limb[3]
Native label
crista ectodermalis apicalis[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en AER en Apical ectodermal ridge ar حافة الأديم الظاهر القمية es Cresta ectodermica apical es Cresta ectodérmica apical fa خط‌الرأس اکتودرمال آپیکال pt Crista ectodermal apical
🔖 Identifiers · 6
OpenAlex ID
C102309675
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Limb bud diagram.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0fycsg
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
102309675
Terminologia Embryologica
E5.0.3.0.0.3.4
UBERON ID
0004356

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