Microarray analysis is also expected to be useful for identifying novel genes involved in the earliest stage of germ-layer formation ... expression analysis of embryonic cells repeatedly without ...

Because these blastoids only use ESCs derived from the epiblast, which becomes the embryo proper with germ layers, they model embryonic development’s pre-implantation period, up to seven days post ...

A study published today (September 11) in Nature Ecology & Evolution suggests that instead of two distinct germ layers, cnidarians may indeed have three. The authors show that the mesendoderm of the ...