ectoderm
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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
Vitally, Dr Nakanoh identified that the distinction between the two cell types depends on cell density; where cells become amniotic ectoderm in sparse conditions.
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 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
As a general rule the ectoderm and endoderm, which may be called the primary layers, come first, and later the mesoderm is developed from one or other of them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
