Question
Glands in a vertebrate body originate from
ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm
ectoderm and endoderm
mesoderm
ectoderm
Solution
D.
ectoderm
Glands in a vertebrate body originate from ectoderm. Glands are the modification of epidermis of skin. The ectoderm also gives rise to the neural crest (ganglion, sensory cell, etc) and neural tube (brain, spinal cord etc).