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enveloping layer of ectoderm

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Outermost layer of cells surrounding the embryo. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Term info

Label

enveloping layer of ectoderm

Synonyms
  • EVL
  • enveloping layer
database cross reference
Subsets

efo_slim

axiom lost from external ontology

relationship loss: develops_from superficial blastomere (TAO:0001484)[TAO]

external definition

Outermost monolayer of cells surrounding the embryo that become very flattened in the blastula and give rise to the periderm. Sometimes used synonymously with periderm. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]

id

UBERON:0007383

taxon notes

Originally this tissue is one cell layer thick but in most vertebrates it soon becomes a two layered structure. The outer layer gives rise to the periderm.