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dermal skeleton

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Skeletal subdivision that undergoes direct development and includes elements that either develop in association with the basement membrane of the ectoderm or are homologous with such elements; includes dermatocranium, components of the appendicular skeleton, teeth and tooth-like elements of the oropharynx, and integumentary elements. [ PSPUB:0000170 VSAO:0000035 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • XAO:0004025
  • VSAO:0000035
comment

This ontology covers metazoa, so we do not use exoskeleton as primary label, as in VSAO

has related synonym

dermal skeletal system, dermoskeleton, desmoskeleton

has broad synonym

exoskeleton

id

UBERON:0010364