Highlights d CRISPR screens reveal genes essential for germ layerdifferentiation of human ESCs d Several classes of developmental diseases exhibit early differentiation phenotypes d Germ layer-specific essential transcription factors manifest a functional hierarchy d Exit from pluripotency is orchestrated by proteins within the ER-Golgi network
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