| Term: | germ ring hypoblast |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | germ ring |
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| Definition: | Embryonic structure that forms as a thickened annulus at the blastoderm rim. The germ ring is thickened because it is the involuting margin of the blastoderm. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000111] |
| Name: | hypoblast |
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| Synonyms: | mesendoderm |
| Definition: | The inner of the two layers of the blastoderm that forms during gastrulation and give rise to the definitive mesoderm and endoderm. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000117] |