cardioblast anterior-lateral migration

Term ID

GO:0003259

Synonyms

Definition

The orderly movement of a cardioblast toward the head and laterally to form the heart field. A cardioblast is a cardiac precursor cell. It is a cell that has been committed to a cardiac fate, but will undergo more cell division rather than terminally differentiating.

References

Ontology

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