Developmental Biology Quiz

Developmental biology is the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop.

Developmental biology encompasses the biology of regeneration, asexual reproduction, metamorphosis, and the growth and differentiation of stem cells in the adult organism.

The main processes involved in the embryonic development of animals are tissue patterning, tissue growth, and tissue morphogenesis.

<p>Regional specification refers to the processes that create the spatial patterns in a ball or sheet of initially similar cells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The factors involved in regional specification are cytoplasmic determinants located within parts of the fertilized egg and inductive signals emitted from signaling centers in the embryo.</p> Signup and view all the answers