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
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
In an unexpected twist, no part of the sea star ectoderm expresses a "trunk" genetic patterning program, suggesting that sea stars are mostly headlike.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023
The ectoderm develops into the outer epithelial covering of the body surface, the central nervous system, and a few other structures.
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
