He created mouse embryos with DNA lacking in CDX2, the gene responsible for forming the trophectoderm, or skin on a blastocyte, which is the early form of an embryo.
In the mammalian embryo, for instance, the first compaction of the blastomeres is under the influence of E-cadherin to produce the trophectoderm.
The cells lying between the primitive endoderm and the polar trophectoderm comprise the embryonic ectoderm or epiblast.
Definition of trophectoderm in US English:
trophectoderm
nountrō-
another term for trophoblast
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The cells lying between the primitive endoderm and the polar trophectoderm comprise the embryonic ectoderm or epiblast.
In the mammalian embryo, for instance, the first compaction of the blastomeres is under the influence of E-cadherin to produce the trophectoderm.
He created mouse embryos with DNA lacking in CDX2, the gene responsible for forming the trophectoderm, or skin on a blastocyte, which is the early form of an embryo.