- somatic gonad precursor
any of two cells that generate all somatic tissues of the gonad proper (i.e. ovary or testis ) and genital ducts (e.g. uterus, vas deferens).
- somatic gonad
The components of the gonad that are separate from the germline proper. In hermaphrodite, these include five tissues which are all derived from the somatic primordium : the distal tip cells, the gonadal sheath, the spermatheca, the spermatheca-uterine valve (sp-ut) and the uterus.
- gonadal primordium
a region around premature germline, consists of cells of pedigree Z1 and Z4, which develops to become the somatic gonad.
- Z4
Somatic gonad precursor cell
- Z1
Somatic gonad precursor cell
- epithelial cell
cell of epithelium, the layer of cells that cover the external surface of an organism as well as forming an inner lining between the tissues and organs of that organism and the external environment. In C. elegans epithelial cells include epithelium of the alimentary tract, intestinal cells, hypodermis, interfacial cells and somatic gonad cells.