optic lobe placode formation

id: GO:0001744
name: optic lobe placode formation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Establishment of the optic placode, a thickened area of densely packed ectoderm cells directly overlying the optic vesicle in the early embryo. In Drosophila, for example, the placode appears in the dorsolateral region of the head in late stage 11 embryos and is the precursor to the larval visual system.

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