ectodermal placode formation

id: GO:0060788
name: ectodermal placode formation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The developmental process in which an ectodermal placode forms. An ectodermal placode is a thickening of the ectoderm that is the primordium of many structures derived from the ectoderm.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0001743optic placode formation
GO:0030910olfactory placode formation
GO:0043049otic placode formation
GO:0060596mammary placode formation
GO:0060789hair follicle placode formation
GO:0060790tooth placode formation
GO:0060791sebaceous gland placode formation
GO:0060793sweat gland placode formation

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0048646anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis