Meanings
- not comparableembryologyRelating to the mesectoderm.
The cells then interdigitate to form a single-cell-wide strip that now occupies the ventral midline, the mesectodermal cells.
1991, Current Topics in Developmental Biology, volume 25, page 382 more examples
Here the mesectodermal substrate was transplanted with the ectoderm, with the result that in four cases out of seven balancers developed, while in the other three development began, but was arrested.
1904, Ross Graville Harrison, Reprints of Articles on Embryology from Various Periodicals, page 385During neurulation in chick embryos, as the neural folds fuse dorsally, CNC cells delaminate and migrate to generate several cephalic structures that comprise mesectodermal and neural derivatives.
2015 August 29, “A Novel Role for VICKZ Proteins in Maintaining Epithelial Integrity during Embryogenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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