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Ontology Definition: TS17

Theiler Stage 17 - Deep lens indentation 

ts17_1 The most obvious distinguishing features are the deepening of the lens pit, with a narrowing of it's outer pore-like opening, and the first appearence of the physiological umbilical hernia. The 1st branchial arch is conspicuously divided into it maxillary and mandibular components. There is advanced development of the brain tube and the tail elongates and thins.

Absent: nasal pits.

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10.5 dpc (range 10-11.25)
35-39 somite pairs
Witschi Stage 24-25 (rat)
Carnegie Stage 13 (atlas), 14 (atlas), 15 (atlas) (human - stage table)

All scale bars in microns.     
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