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adj. - Relating to or derived from the middle germ layer of an embryo.

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  • To the right and left of it is a row of mesodermal blocks or somites.
  • Thus in many mammals the mesodermal part of the allantois often appears long before the endodermal part, though this is phylogenetically older.
  • It invaginates altogether as if it were still in its old place, builds up part of the axial organs and completes itself out of the mesodermal environment.
  • O. Mangold was able to show that mesodermal organs such as notochord, somites and pronephric ducts could arise from presumptive ectoderm by suitable transplantation at...
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