Term Information

Accession
GO:0097324
Name
melanocyte migration
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The orderly movement of melanocytes from one site to another, often during the development of a multicellular organism. A melanocyte is a pigment cell derived from the neural crest. It contains melanin-filled pigment granules, which give a brown to black appearance. Source: PMID:22637532, GOC:uh, CL:0000148
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0097324 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of melanocyte migration (GO:0097324)
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melanocyte migration [is_a relation] is_a  epithelial cell migration (GO:0010631)

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