olfactory placode maturation

id: GO:0071700
name: olfactory placode maturation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for the olfactory placode to attain its fully functional state. The olfactory placode is a thickening of the neural ectoderm in the head region of the vertebrate embryo which develops into the olfactory region of the nasal cavity.

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