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

Amniotic ectoderm is a single cell layer that forms the membrane surrounding the developing embryo.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

The researchers tested variations in the culture media but cell density was the only factor that influenced the cell fate choice between amniotic ectoderm and surface ectoderm.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

The mesoderm is the third germ layer; it forms between the endoderm and ectoderm in triploblasts.

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.