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primordium pl. primordia
[L. primus, first + ordiri, to begin to weave]
A cell or organ in its earliest stage of differentiation.
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Primordium
Early cells that serve as the mitotic progenitor of an organ in organogenesis.
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leaf primordium The first stage of leaf development; a small lateral protuburance formed by an apical shoot meristem that will expand to form a leaf.
leaf scars A scar left on a stem or twig when the leaf abscises.

Embryonic primordium from which a specific part of the organism develops. The rudimentary basis of an organ in an embryo.
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Anlage (biology) In embryology , anlage is the primordium , the initial clustering of embryonic cells that serves as a foundation from which a body
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in embryology, delimitation of a specific area in an organ-forming field, giving definite shape and limits to the organ primordium.
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The term includes convergence, parallelism, and reversal.
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Anlage
Embryonic primordium from which a specific part of the organism develops. The rudimentary basis of an organ in an embryo.

germ layer, germ plasm, germination, induction, juvenile, larva, maternal effect, metamorphosis, genome, morphogenesis, morula, neoteny, neural development, nymph, ontogeny, oosperm, ovism, paedogenesis, pangenesis, phylogeny, primordium, pupa, ...

See also: Embryo, Organ, Cells, Environment, Evolution