Ectoderm is one of the three primary germ cell layers in the very early embryo. The other two layers are the mesoderm (middle layer) and endoderm (most proximal layer) with the ectoderm as the most exterior (or distal) layer. It emerges and originates from the outer layer of germ cells.
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