developmental biology

American  

noun

1. the branch of biology dealing with the processes of growth and change that transform an organism from a fertilized egg or asexual reproductive unit, as a spore or gemmule, to an adult.

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developmental biology Cultural  

1. The study of the processes by which an organism develops from a zygote to its full structure. This field includes the study of cellular differentiation as well as body structure development. (See also embryology.)

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Etymology

Origin of developmental biology

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Using single-cell RNA sequencing, first author Nadja Milivojev of the Department of Neurosciences and Developmental Biology, University of Vienna, identified molecular signatures associated with stem cells and charted their location and behavior in the worm retina.

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"The possibility of translating these findings into humans is very exciting," said Seung K. Kim, MD, PhD, the KM Mulberry Professor and a professor of developmental biology, gerontology, endocrinology and metabolism.

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Other Northwestern authors include Dr. Mesulam and Changiz Geula, research professor of cell and developmental biology and neuroscience at Feinberg and a member of the Mesulam Center.

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"Initially we hypothesized that more tumor EV-DNA would mean a worse prognosis, but we were surprised to find the opposite," said study co-senior author Dr. David Lyden, the Stavros S. Niarchos Professor in Pediatric Cardiology and a professor of Pediatrics and of Cell and Developmental Biology at Weill Cornell Medicine.

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"We have developed an efficient biological approach to reverse insecticide resistance without creating any other perturbation to the environment," said Bier, a professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, of the self-eliminating allelic drive, or "e-Drive."

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