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Morphogen
Any substance that governs the movement and development of cells during morphogenesis by forming a concentration gradient in the developing tissue.
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Any substance that governs the movement and development of cells during morphogenesis by forming a concentration gradient in the developing tissue.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| diffusible | That can be diffused. |
| morphogenenoun | (genetics) Any gene that is involved in growth or in morphogenesis |
| morphogeneticsnoun | (biology) The study of morphogenesis. |
| morphogenicitynoun | The condition of being morphogenic |
| morphogenesisnoun | (biology) The differentiation of tissues and subsequent growth of structures in an organism |
| morphoregulationnoun | (biology) The regulation of morphogenesis |
| morphosisnoun | (biology) The way in which an organism (or an organ) changes form during development. |
| morphogenynoun | (historical, biology, theory of recapitulation, rare) The study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny. |
| morphantnoun | (genetics) Any organism that has been treated with a morpholino to alter the expression of a gene |
| morphologenesisnoun | Alternative form of morphogenesis. [(biology) The differentiation of tissues and subsequent growth of structures in an organism] |
| pathomorphogenesisnoun | (pathology) The morphogenesis of disease |
| morphonnoun | (linguistics) A unit of morphology. |
| photomorphogenesisnoun | (biology) the regulatory effect of light on the growth, development and differentiation of plant cells, tissues and organs |
| motogenesisnoun | (biology) The promotion of cellular motility. |
| determinantnoun | A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something. |
| pheromonenoun | (biology) A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect, that affects the development or behavior of other members of the same species, functioning often as a means of attracting a member of the opposite sex. |
| morphoformnoun | A particular morphological form of an organism |
| pattern formationnoun | (biology) The mechanism in developing tissue by which originally similar cells acquire diverse forms and functions by coordinated cell fate control. |
| morphopoiesisnoun | (biology) The formation of a biological structure from smaller subunits |
| morphofunctionnoun | function that depends upon underlying morphology |
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