| Term: | DEL cytoplasm |
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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: | DEL |
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| Synonyms: | deep cell layer, DEL cells |
| Definition: | A multilayer of deep cells of fairly uniform thickness that forms during early epiboly (at dome stage; upon conversion of the blastodisc to the blastoderm); during gastrulation the DEL (deep cell layer) gives rise to the epiblast and hypoblast. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000711] |