ectoderm

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Surface ectoderm is a dense sheet of epidermal progenitors, which gives rise to the surface covering of the body, such as skin, and the associated features of teeth, hair and fingernails.

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

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

Diploblasts have a non-living layer between the endoderm and ectoderm.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Adhesion between the tentacles and the prey is effected partly by the gummy secretion of the glands of the ectoderm, which is perhaps poisonous as well as adhesive, and partly by the threads.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson