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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

"Our work suggests that the general biophysical principles underlying active self-organized flows and forces during embryogenesis have the power to explain developmental processes and their evolutionary variations across different species of vertebrates," said Mahadevan.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2023

"Human brain development starts during embryogenesis and extends postnatally through infancy, childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood," says Panos Roussos, M.D.,

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023

The coelom evolves from the mesoderm during embryogenesis.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

But it also suggested a solution to the central question in embryogenesis: How can thousands of cell types arise from an embryo out of the same set of genes?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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