Organism Function
morphogenesis Audio
mor·pho·gen·e·sis [ mawr-fuh-jen-uh-sis ]
Subclass of:
Growth and Development function
Definitions related to morphogenesis:
  • The development of anatomical structures to create the form of a single- or multi-cell organism. Morphogenesis provides form changes of a part, parts, or the whole organism.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The process of shape formation: the processes that are responsible for producing the complex shapes of adults from the simple ball of cells that derives from division of the fertilized egg.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (anatomical structure morphogenesis) The process in which anatomical structures are generated and organized. Morphogenesis pertains to the creation of form.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • (anatomical structure morphogenesis) The process in which anatomical structures are generated and organized. Morphogenesis pertains to the creation of form.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • Morphogenesis, the shaping of an organism by embryological processes of differentiation of cells, tissues, and organs and the development of organ systems according to the genetic "blueprint" of the potential organism and environmental conditions. Plant morphogenesis is brought about chiefly...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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