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ectoderm

[ek-tuh-durm] / ˈɛk təˌdɜrm /


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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

Amniotic ectoderm is a single cell layer that forms the membrane surrounding the developing embryo.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

Using a co-culture technique to form cellular aggregates, he was able to confirm the ability of the generated amniotic ectoderm cells to initiate gastrulation.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

These layers are severally called ectoderm and endoderm.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.




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