Organ or Tissue Function
embryogenesis
em·bry·o·gen·e·sis
Subclass of:
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Definitions related to embryonic development:
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(embryogenesis) Embryogenesis is the developmental process by which an embryo is formed and developed. The process begins following fertilization and involves cellular differentiation, leading to the completion of the embryonic stage.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(embryogenesis) The process of embryo differentiation and maturation; includes the embryogenic cleavage stage and the early embryonic stage.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(embryo development) The process whose specific outcome is the progression of an embryo from its formation until the end of its embryonic life stage. The end of the embryonic stage is organism-specific. For example, for mammals, the process would begin with zygote formation and end with birth. For insects, the process would begin at zygote formation and end with larval hatching. For plant zygotic embryos, this would be from zygote formation to the end of seed dormancy. For plant vegetative embryos, this would be from the initial determination of the cell or group of cells to form an embryo until the point when the embryo becomes independent of the parent plant.Gene Ontology DictionaryGene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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Morphological and physiological development of EMBRYOS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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