Biology: Growth and Development

What is the process by which a zygote develops into a complex multicellular organism?

What is the starting point for development in most animals?

What is the term for the series of modifications that occur in a species over time?

What is the term for the series of stages that an animal goes through from zygote to adult?

What is the term for a type of asexual reproduction in which an offspring is produced from an unfertilized egg cell?

How do evolution and development relate to each other?

What is the significance of trajectories in relation to evolution?

What is the relationship between evolution and development according to the text?

What is heterochrony in the context of evolution and development?

What was the main difference between preformationists and epigeneticists?

What determines the kind of animal that the developmental process will build?

What are the broadly defined stages of development that are common to most animals?