The middle germ layer of the embryo, between the endoderm and ectoderm. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoderm ]

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

database cross reference
  • EFO:0001981
  • EMAPA:16083
  • EV:0100006
  • EHDAA:160
  • GAID:522
  • SCTID:362854004
  • XAO:0000050
  • MESH:D008648
  • FBbt:00000126
  • TAO:0000041
  • Wikipedia:Mesoderm
  • ZFA:0000041
  • EHDAA:124
  • AAO:0000304
  • EHDAA:183
  • VHOG:0000152
  • FMA:69072
  • MAT:0000174
  • BILA:0000037
  • EHDAA2:0001128
  • UMLS:C0025485 (ncithesaurus:Mesoderm)
  • CALOHA:TS-0623
  • MIAA:0000174
  • BTO:0000839
  • NCIT:C12750
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Mesoderm.png

external definition

Primary germ layer that is the middle of the embryonic germ layers.[AAO]

has related synonym

embryonic mesoderm

mesodermal mantle

entire mesoderm

has alternative id

UBERON:0003263

homology notes

The Bilateria are triploblastic (with true endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm) (...).[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0000926

never in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_6040

taxon notes

sponges do not seem to have a mesoderm and accordingly Amphimedon lacks transcription factors involved in mesoderm development (Fkh, Gsc, Twist, Snail)[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7307/full/nature09201.html]. Mesoderm may not be homologous across verteberates