Christian Heinrich Pander

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Christian Heinrich Pander

German anatomist

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development of zoology

In zoology: Historical background
Another German-trained embryologist, Christian Heinrich Pander, introduced in 1817 the concept of germ, or primordial, tissue layers into embryology.
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theory on germ layers

In Karl Ernst von Baer
…Baer’s more affluent friend Christian Pander, who in 1817 described the early development of the chick in terms of what are now known as the primary germ layers—that is, ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm.
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