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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

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

The inner layer is the endoderm, and the outer layer is the ectoderm.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Evidently then this ectoderm or outer layer is of the very greatest importance in embryology, since from it arise all those parts of the embryo itself which are the most important in its future life.

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




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