Developmental biology is the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop. Originally termed embryology, today developmental biology studies the genetic control of cell growth, differentiation and "morphogenesis," which is the process that gives rise to tissues, organs and anatomy. The related field of evolutionary developmental biology was formed largely in the 1990s and is a synthesis of findings from molecular developmental biology and evolutionary biology which considers the diversity of organismal form in an evolutionary context.

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• Embryology

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• Model organisms

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• Teratogens

Articles in category "Developmental biology"

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8-cell stage A Allantois Altricial Amniotic sac Anti-müllerian hormone Archenteron B Blastocoele Blastomere Blastula C Cell type Cellular differentiation Chimera (animal) Chrysalis Cleavage Congenital disorder Cuteness D Delayed puberty Development of the urinary and reproductive organs Developmental biology Developmental studies hybridoma bank Diploblastic Drosophila embryogenesis E Ectoderm Embryo Embryogenesis Endochondral ossification Endoderm Evolutionary developmental biology

F Fetus G Gastrula Gastrulation Germ layer Germ plasm Germination Germline Gonadarche H Homeobox I Instar Intramembranous ossification Invagination L Larva M Mammalian embryogenesis Maternal effect Mesenchyme Mesoderm Metamorphosis (biology) Morphogenesis Morula Moult Multipotency Müllerian duct N Neoteny Neural development Nidifugous Nymph (biology) O Ontogeny Oocyte

O cont. Oogenesis Organogenesis P Paedogenesis Paedomorph Pangenesis Perineal urethra Placenta Plant embryogenesis Pluripotency Precocial Precocious puberty Prenatal diagnosis Pupa R Radial symmetry Regeneration (biology) S Spermatogenesis Stem cell T Teratology Thelarche Totipotency Triploblastic Trochophore Trophoblast U Umbilical cord W Wharton's jelly Wolffian duct Z Zygote