part of start stage end stage epiphysis portion of tissue epiphyseal cluster TAO:0007004 Early-developing neuronal cluster of the epiphysis. By 24 hpf the pioneer axon of the dorsoventral diencephalic tract (DVDT) has arisen from the ec and grown ventrally. As this axon encounters axons of the TPOC, it makes a near-90 rostral turn and grows rostrally among axons of the TPOC growing in the opposite direction. zebrafish_anatomy ec ZFA:0007004 unknown segmentation:14-19 somites