otolith mineralization completed early in development

id: GO:0031173
name: otolith mineralization completed early in development
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The formation of otoliths during embryogenesis with completion in early postembryonic development. Formation occurs by precipitation of specific crystal forms of calcium carbonate around an organic core of extracellular matrix proteins. Otoconia (otoliths) are small (~10 micron) dense extracellular particles present in the otolith end organs of the vertebrate inner ear.

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