Lens placode
Precursor	surface ectoderm
Gives rise to	lens

The Lens placode is a thickened portion of ectoderm which serves as the precursor to the lens.

SOX2 and Pou2f1 are involved in its development.^[1]

[edit] See also

• placode

[edit] References

1. ^ Donner AL, Episkopou V, Maas RL (2007). "Sox2 and Pou2f1 interact to control lens and olfactory placode development". Dev. Biol. 303 (2): 784–99. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.10.047. PMID 17140559. 

[edit] External links

• eye-008 — Embryology at UNC
• http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/martini10/chapter18/custom3/deluxe-content.html
• http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/embryo_new/eye/2/

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