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ectoderm

[ek-tuh-durm] / ˈɛk təˌdɜrm /


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Dr Nakanoh customised culture conditions for hPSCs and found that the supplements Activin A, BMP4, a GSK3-beta inhibitor, and a MEK inhibitor promoted their differentiation into amniotic ectoderm.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

In an unexpected twist, no part of the sea star ectoderm expresses a "trunk" genetic patterning program, suggesting that sea stars are mostly headlike.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023

After gastrulation, the embryo can be thought of as an onion with three layers: the ectoderm, the mesoderm and the endoderm.

From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023

Outside this digestive cavity are three tissue layers: an inner endoderm, a central mesoderm, and an outer ectoderm.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The shading is due to an increased growth of cells, because here the three germinal layers—embryonic ectoderm, mesoderm, and entoderm—are in contact.

From Embryology The Beginnings of Life by Leighton, Gerald R.