endoderm
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- The internal layer of cells of the gastrula, which develops into the alimentary canal (gut) and digestive glands of the adult.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - aggregate, algal biomass, friable, gland, isodiametric, lectin, microdroplet array, monolayer
- The inner of three germ layers of the early embryo that gives rise in later development to tissues such as the lungs, the intestine, the liver and the pancreas.
ISSCR - Cite This Source - This Definition - Lower layer of a group of cells derived from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst; it gives rise to lungs and digestive organs.
The President's Council on Bioethics - Cite This Source - This Definition - Innermost layer of the cells derived from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst; it gives rise to lungs, other respiratory structures, and digestive organs, or generally "the gut".
NIH - Cite This Source - This Definition - Lower layer of a group of cells derived from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst; it later becomes the lungs and digestive organs.
DHHS - Cite This Source - This Definition - Ectoderm, Embryonic disk, Embryonic germ (EG) cells, Epiblast, Germ layers, Hypoblast, ICM cells, Inner cell mass (ICM), mesoderm, Pluripotent stem cells, primary germ layers