Epiblast

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The outer layer of a blastula that gives rise to the ectoderm after gastrulation.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the outer layer of a blastula that, after gastrulation, becomes the ectoderm
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See blastoderm, delamination.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, a name applied by Richard to a second small cotyledon which is found in wheat and some other grasses.
  • n. In embryology, the outer or external blastodermic membrane or layer of cells, forming the ectoderm or epiderm: distinguished at first from hypoblast, then from both hypoblast and mesoblast. See cut under blastocæle.
    • Word Usage
    "It has long been known that certain cells of an early mammalian embryo—known as epiblast cells—can naturally become primordial germ cells, which, in turn, give rise to sperm or eggs."
    Variant
    blastoderm    delamination   
     
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