insect embryonic imaginal precursor

Embryonic structure that will proliferate during larval development into a larval imaginal disc. During early embryogenesis the precursor is part of the epithelial sheet before segregating from the epithelial sheet by late embryogenesis (Bate and Martinez Arias, 1991).

Type Organ
Parent Structure embryonic structure

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What is the insect embryonic imaginal precursor?
Embryonic structure that will proliferate during larval development into a larval imaginal disc. During early embryogenesis the precursor is part of the epithelial sheet before segregating from the epithelial sheet by late embryogenesis (Bate and Martinez Arias, 1991).

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