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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 function of Golgi ribbons remains enigmatic, but the researchers suspect that it is involved in cellular differentiation during embryogenesis.

From Science Daily Feb. 29, 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

"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 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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