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Differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)
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morphogenesis
Word definitions for morphogenesis in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Morphogenesis is an architectural firm in India. It was founded by Manit Rastogi and Sonali Rastogi in 1996. As of now, the company operates offices in Delhi and Bangalore and provides Architectural services.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1863 in biology; 1958 in geology; from morpho- + -genesis "birth, origin, creation." Related: Morphogenetic .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
morphogenesis \mor`pho*gen"e*sis\ (Biol.) The development of the tissues and organs of an organism; the formation of structural features of an organism.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) The differentiation of tissues and subsequent growth of structures in an organism
Usage examples of morphogenesis.
An extraterrestrial embryologist, having a close look at us from time to time, would probably conclude that the morphogenesis of the earth is coming along well, with the beginnings of a nervous system and fair-sized ganglions in the form of cities, and now with specialized, dish-shaped sensory organs, miles across, ready to receive stimuli.
We must imagine the morphogenesis of deep structures, built into our minds, for coding out, like proteins, the parts of speech.
This might turn out to be a special phase in the morphogenesis of the earth when it is necessary to have something like us, for a time anyway, to fetch and carry energy, look after new symbiotic arrangements, store up information for some future season, do a certain amount of ornamenting, maybe even carry seeds around the solar system.
The entire, magic morphogenesis is explainable as terraced chemical mechanisms.
His mouth works up syllables, silently, struggling to hold that stationary morphogenesis he has at last found a name for.
A Swiss researcher, Isabelle Schib, had taken the old models of morphogenesis that had led to software like Zelda, refined the technique by several orders of magnitude, and applied it to human genetic data.