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ectoderm

[ek-tuh-durm] / ˈɛk təˌdɜrm /


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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

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

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

The mesoderm is the third germ layer; it forms between the endoderm and ectoderm in triploblasts.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The rudiment of the central nervous system has the form of a solid keel-like ingrowth of ectoderm along the mid-dorsal line, which only secondarily becomes hollowed out—just as happens in Teleostean fishes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various




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