Mesh term Germ Layers
Browse to parent terms:Embryonic Structures
Description
The three primary germinal layers (ECTODERM; ENDODERM; and MESODERM) developed during GASTRULATION that provide tissues and body plan of a mature organism. They derive from two early layers, hypoblast and epiblast.Browse to child terms:
Ectoderm
Endoderm
Mesoderm
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