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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 ]

Synonyms: enveloping layer, EVL

Term info

database cross reference
  • ZFA:0000086
  • EFO:0003425
  • TAO:0000086
Subsets

efo_slim

UBPROP 0000001

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]

UBPROP 0000002

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

UBPROP 0000008

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.

id

UBERON:0007383

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