Una capa germinal, también llamada capa germinativa, capa embrional, hoja embrionaria u hoja blastodérmica es un conjunto de células formadas durante el desarrollo embrionario animal a partir de las cuales se originarán los tejidos y órganos del adulto.

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A germ layer is a primary layer of cells that form during embryogenesis. The three germ layers in vertebrates are particularly pronounced; however, all eumetazoans, (animals more complex than the sponge) produce two or three primary germ layers. Animals with radial symmetry, like cnidarians, produce two germ layers (the ectoderm and endoderm) making them diploblastic. Animals with bilateral symmetry produce a third layer (the mesoderm), between these two layers. making them triploblastic. Germ layers eventually give rise to all of an animal’s tissues and organs through the process of organogenesis.

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