ectoderm

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

From Science Daily

These disks eventually formed the three main cell layers of the body: the endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm.

From Scientific American

Beyond that, researchers typically assess pluripotency by confirming that the cells can differentiate into the three primordial germ-layer tissues: endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm.

From Nature

For instance, the gut tube and liver derive from the endoderm; muscle and connective tissue from the mesoderm; and neural tissue and skin from the ectoderm.

From Nature

In gastrulation, the epiblast differentiates into the three germ layers of cells — the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm — that will form the fetus.

From Nature