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embryogenesis

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[em-bree-oh-jen-uh-sis] / ˌɛm bri oʊˈdʒɛn ə sɪs /

noun

  1. the formation and development of the embryo as a subject of scientific study.


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"The approach yielded surprising insights into how metabolic pathways are specialized during embryogenesis and revealed interesting new connections between different molecular machines involved in gene regulation," said Professor Arshad Desai, a paper coauthor.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

Finding out how cells decide to become organizers during the formation of organs remains a central challenge in the study of embryogenesis, and is key to understanding embryonic development.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024

The team also showed Golgi ribbons form at a specific timepoint during embryogenesis, which suggests that they might play a role in cell differentiation.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

The fates of embryonic cells in deuterostomes can be altered if they are experimentally moved to a different location in the embryo due to indeterminant cleavage in early embryogenesis.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

And mutants in the very first steps of embryogenesis were nearly impossible to capture alive since the embryos, with scrambled heads and tails, died instantly.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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