A small whitish spot on the surface of the EGG YOLK where cleavage begins. Upon fertilization the cytoplasm streams from the vegetal pole away from the yolk to the animal pole where cleavage will occur. This germinal area eventually flattens into a layer of cells (BLASTODERM) that covers the yolk completely.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D054239
altLabel
Disc, Germinal
Germinal Area
Germinal Disc
Discs, Germinal
Blastodiscs
Germinal Discs
Area, Germinal
Germinal Areas
Areas, Germinal
AQL
AB AH BS CH CY DE DG EM EN IM IN IR ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU TR UL VI
cui
C1955872
DC
1
definition
A small whitish spot on the surface of the EGG YOLK where cleavage begins. Upon fertilization the cytoplasm streams from the vegetal pole away from the yolk to the animal pole where cleavage will occur. This germinal area eventually flattens into a layer of cells (BLASTODERM) that covers the yolk completely.
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