head kidney development

id: GO:0072113
name: head kidney development
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the head kidney over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The head kidney is a pronephros that consists of fused bilateral lobes located in the anterior part of the kidney. It is analogous to the mammalian bone marrow and the primary site of definitive hematopoiesis.

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