[
US
/ˌmɔɹfəˈdʒɛnəsəs/
]
NOUN
- differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)
How To Use morphogenesis In A Sentence
- Peirce SM, Skalak TC, Davidson L, Marsden M, et al. (2004) Multicellular computer simulation of morphogenesis: blastocoel roof thinning and matrix assembly in Xenopus laevis. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- The system has found wide application in the studies on morphogenesis, virology, pathology, biochemistry, genetics and other fields of biology and medicine.
- Myxobacteria provide an excellent system for studying prokaryotic development because they can initiate multicellular morphogenesis.
- This is helping to engineer skeletal regeneration and tissue morphogenesis in molecular terms.
- It has been noted that the resulting split of the visual anlage resembles the morphogenesis of the vertebrate anterior plate.
- The cellulose cell walls formed during their development, and the presence of reproductive spores are plant-like, whereas the cell movements involved in their morphogenesis are animal-like.
- Homeobox genes play a key role in the morphogenesis of segmental body structures along the primary anterior-posterior body axis including the genitourinary system. Urology Division Research
- These models stress the dynamics during ontogeny of the cellular components of growth and morphogenesis.
- To understand morphogenesis we need to look at the mechanical forces that cells can exert and the underlying cellular properties that generate these forces.
- Morphogenesis in animal embryos can also involve extensive cell migration.
