Planteome: Term Details for "egg chorion" (GO:0042600)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0042600
Name: egg chorion
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A protective, noncellular membrane that surrounds the eggs of various animals including insects and fish. Source: ISBN:0721662544, GOC:jl
Comment: Note that this term does not refer to the extraembryonic membrane surrounding the embryo of amniote vertebrates as this is an anatomical structure and is therefore not covered by GO.
History: See term history for GO:0042600 at QuickGO
Subset: goslim_pir
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to egg chorion.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to egg chorion.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for egg chorion.
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