exoderm


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exoderm

(ˈɛksəʊˌdɜːm)
n
(Biology) embryol another name for ectoderm
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Noun1.exoderm - the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissueexoderm - the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue
germ layer - (embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation
neural tube - a tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop
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Another possibility lies in the difference between the roots mass and effective roots mass in the absorption of nutrients, what might indicate that different root masses might absorb same quantities of nutrients, or even equal masses might absorb different quantities of nutrients, since that the roots which possess exoderm present hydrophobic material, reducing the permeability to water (Holbrook, 2004).
This means that, in specific environments, these cells are capable of differentiation into the three germ layers: endoderm, mesoderm and exoderm. Three different methods are currently available to obtain hPS cells.