Determination of Endodermal Organs in Vertebrates | Embryology

Experimental investigation of the endoderm in early stages of development shows that the endodermal organ rudiments, like those derived from other germinal layers, are not initially determined, but that the endodermal cells destined to participate in the formation of the various organ rudiments are no more determined for their respective fates than are the cells of the other germinal layers. [...]