ectoderm

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Because both the brain and skin develop from the same embryonic layer called the ectoderm, the scientists set out to explore how these two systems might be connected.

From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2025

The researchers tested variations in the culture media but cell density was the only factor that influenced the cell fate choice between amniotic ectoderm and surface ectoderm.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

In contrast, high density culturing led to cells that expressed markers for surface ectoderm but not amniotic ectoderm.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

Diploblasts have a non-living layer between the endoderm and ectoderm.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The lens of the lateral eye of the vertebrates is derived by an invagination of the ectoderm, which meets and fits in the retinal cup at the end of the optic vesicle.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.