- bilaminar blastoderm
- the stage of development in which the embryo is represented by two primary layers: the ectoderm and the endoderm. See gastrula.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
blastoderm, blastoderma — The thin, disk shaped cell mass of a young embryo and its extraembryonic extensions over the surface of the yolk; when fully formed, all three primary germ layers (ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm) are present … Medical dictionary
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