Xenopus Anatomy Ontology

Last uploaded: October 14, 2022
Preferred Name

melanophore

Synonyms

melanocyte

Definitions

General convention refers to "melanophores" in lower vertebrates and "melonocytes" in amniotes but there is little if any difference between cell types. A pigment cell that contains melanin (a brownish-black pigment), is derived from the neural crest, and is patchily distributed in the epidermis of the tadpole.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/XAO_0001014

comment

General convention refers to "melanophores" in lower vertebrates and "melonocytes" in amniotes but there is little if any difference between cell types.

database_cross_reference

CL:0000148

definition

A pigment cell that contains melanin (a brownish-black pigment), is derived from the neural crest, and is patchily distributed in the epidermis of the tadpole.

develops_from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/XAO_0004510

ends during

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/XAO_0000437

has_obo_namespace

xenopus_anatomy

has_related_synonym

melanocyte

id

XAO:0001014

label

melanophore

notation

XAO:0001014

prefLabel

melanophore

starts during

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/XAO_1000048

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/XAO_0003014

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/XAO_0004510

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/XAO_0003014

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