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| | Pharyngula::Diploblasts and triploblasts |
 | | These layers are also called the germ layers, with "germ" in the sense of a source or starting point, as in the word "germination". |
 | | And of course, all three germ layers interact extensively throughout development—it's mesoderm communicating to ectoderm that persuades part of it to form a brain instead of skin, for instance. |
 | | The diploblasts are animals, such as jellyfish and hydra, that are supposedly derived from just two germ layers, and in the adult, consist of an outer layer of cells (a skin), an inner layer (a gut), surrounding a gelatinous and sometimes acellular layer called the mesoglea. |
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