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
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
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 egg of Hydra is said to be fertilized as it lies at the base of the ectoderm, through which the fertilizing spermatozoon bores its way.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
