A layer of cells produced during the process of gastrulation during the early development of the animal embryo, which is distinct from other such layers of cells, as an early step of cell differentiation. The three types of germ layers are the endoderm, ectoderm, and mesoderm.
Comment:
Classically the germ layers are ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. Alternatively: primary = ectoderm, endoderm; secondary=mesoderm; tertiary=dorsal mesoderm, NC[https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/wiki/The-neural-crest]; [homology-note] "The Bilateria are triploblastic (with true endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm) (...).[well established][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0001223", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0878932504 Gilbert SF, Developmental Biology (2006) Limb development and evolution, p.722", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}