hemocyte migration
The directed movement of a hemocyte within the embryo. Hemocytes are blood cells associated with a hemocoel (the cavity containing most of the major organs of the arthropod body) which are involved in defense and clotting of hemolymph, but not involved in transport of oxygen. In Drosophila, embryonic hemocytes originate from the head mesoderm as a cluster of cells. The cluster splits into two and one group of cells crosses the amnioserosa. Both populations then spread toward the middle of the embryo and then disperse evenly throughout the embryo. [ GOC:mtg_sensu GOC:bf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12885551 ]
Synonyms: arthropod blood cell migration, hemocyte cell migration
Term info
biological_process
GO:0035099
Term relations
- cell migration
- in taxon only Arthropoda
- results in movement of some hemocyte (sensu Arthropoda)
- only in taxon some Arthropoda
- part of some embryonic hemopoiesis