label: deep cell layer (gastrulation)
label_lc: deep cell layer (gastrulation)
description: "A multilayer of deep cells of fairly uniform thickness that forms during early epiboly (at dome stage; upon conversion of the blastodisc to the blastoderm); during gastrulation the DEL (deep cell layer) gives rise to the epiblast and hypoblast. Kimmel et al, 1995."