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ectoderm

[ek-tuh-durm] / ˈɛk təˌdɜrm /


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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

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

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

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

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

The shading is due to an increased growth of cells, because here the three germinal layers—embryonic ectoderm, mesoderm, and entoderm—are in contact.

From Embryology The Beginnings of Life by Leighton, Gerald R.




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