ectoderm
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If an embryo failed to form ectoderm, the nervous system would not develop, she said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
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
It then makes its way by amœboid movements between the cells of the ectoderm until it reaches the surface.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
