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Embryonic Germ Layers

Embryonic Germ Layers is a fundamental developmental biology concept referring to the three primary germ layers—ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm—that form during gastrulation and give rise to all tissues and organs in the vertebrate body.

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Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Blastocysts

James A. Thomson, Joseph Itskovitz‐Eldor, Sander S. Shapiro et al. · Science · 1998 · 15.9K citations

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Clonal analysis of epiblast fate during germ layer formation in the mouse embryo

Kirstie A. Lawson, Juanito J. Meneses, Roger A. Pedersen · Development · 1991 · 881 citations

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Tensile forces govern germ-layer organization in zebrafish

Michael Krieg, Yohanna Arboleda-Estudillo, Pierre‐Henri Puech et al. · Nature Cell Biology · 2008 · 803 citations

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Stem Cell Characteristics of Amniotic Epithelial Cells

Toshio Miki, Thomas Lehmann, Hongbo Cai et al. · Stem Cells · 2005 · 802 citations

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Zebrafish organizer development and germ-layer formation require nodal-related signals

Benjamin Feldman, Michael A. Gates, Elizabeth S. Egan et al. · Nature · 1998 · 670 citations

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    Carl‐Philipp Heisenberg

    Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria

    8 publications · 1.7K citations

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    Anton Švajger

    University of Zagreb, Croatia

    6 publications · 183 citations

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    B. Levak-Švajger

    University of Zagreb, Croatia

    6 publications · 183 citations

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    L. Vakaet

    University of Antwerp, Belgium

    5 publications · 202 citations

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    Janet Heasman

    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, United States

    5 publications · 850 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    44 publications

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  2. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    10 h-index

    16 publications

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  3. Inserm

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    29 publications

    3.1K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

    Dresden, Germany

    8 h-index

    26 publications

    4.5K citations

  5. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    2.5K citations

  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. University of Tsukuba

    Tsukuba, Japan

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

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  1. Development

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  2. Developmental Biology

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  3. Developmental Dynamics

    11 publications · 716 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 12 publications · 441 citations

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  5. Journal of Cell Science

    11 publications · 766 citations

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