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Lens placode

Known as: Lens Placodes 
A pair of thickened surface ectodermal patches in the head region of the early embryo that will ultimately give rise to the lenses of the eyes.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
The amniote paratympanic organ develops from a previously undiscovered sensory placode
The paratympanic organ, a mechanosensory hair cell-containing pouch in the amniote middle ear, was first described 100 years ago… 
2001
2001
Xpitx3: a member of the Rieg/Pitx gene family expressed during pituitary and lens formation in Xenopus laevis
1995
1995
Lens aplasia: a new mutation producing lens abnormality in the mouse.
One female with bilaterally closed eyelids was observed in a breeding colony of BALB/c mice in our laboratories. This eye… 
1981
1981
Phakomatous choristoma of the lower eyelid with psammoma body formation: a light and electron microscopic study.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Fibronectin in the development of embryonic chick eye.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Quantitation of delta-crystallin messenger RNA during lens induction in chick embryos.
Embryonic chick cells of the presumptive lens ectoderm are induced to differentiate into a lens by the optic vesicle, an… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Immunofluorescence localization of the crystallins in amphibian lens development, with special reference to the γ-crystallins
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
DNA synthesis and mitotic activity during early development of chick lens.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Macromolecular events during differentiation of the chicken lens.
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The changing cellular localization of alpha-crystallin in the lens of the chicken embryo, studied by immunofluorescence.
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