{"id":7693,"date":"2019-05-22T15:59:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/developmental_biology\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:59:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:59:37","slug":"developmental_biology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/developmental_biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Developmental biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The study of mechanisms and processes of ontogenetic development, differentiation, growth and morphogenesis in animals and plants at the genetic, molecular, cellular and functional levels. &nbsp;Its model organisms include, for example, the round worm (<span class=\"\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Caenorhabditis elegans<\/span>), the <a href=\"http:\/\/users.rcn.com\/jkimball.ma.ultranet\/BiologyPages\/D\/Drosophila.html\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/users.rcn.com\/jkimball.ma.ultranet\/BiologyPages\/D\/Drosophila.html&amp;target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fruit fly<\/a> (<span class=\"\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Drosophila melanogaster<\/span>), the <a href=\"http:\/\/dels-old.nas.edu\/ilar_n\/ilarjournal\/42_4\/sensory_systems.pdf\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/dels-old.nas.edu\/ilar_n\/ilarjournal\/42_4\/sensory_systems.pdf&amp;target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">zebrafish<\/a> (<span class=\"\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Brachydanio rerio<\/span>), and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.herpfrance.com\/amphibian\/african_clawed_toad_xenopus_laevis.php\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.herpfrance.com\/amphibian\/african_clawed_toad_xenopus_laevis.php&amp;target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">African clawed toed frog<\/a> (<span class=\"\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Xenopus laevis<\/span>). &nbsp;Starting in the 1990s, there have been further attempts to unite developmental and evolutionary biology in what is called a &#8216;new synthesis&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"behavioral_embryology\">Behavioral embryology<\/a>, <a href=\"biology\">Biology<\/a>, <a href=\"caenorhabditis_-c--_elegans_-or_nematode-\">Caenorhabditis (C.) elegans (or nematode)<\/a>, <a href=\"child_development\">Child development<\/a>, <a href=\"constraint\">Constraint<\/a>, <a href=\"developmental_evolutionary_biology\">Developmental evolutionary biology<\/a>, <a href=\"differentiation_-embryology-\">Differentiation (embryology)<\/a>, <a href=\"discipline\">Discipline<\/a>, <a href=\"embryology\">Embryology<\/a>, <a href=\"evolutionary_biology\">Evolutionary biology<\/a>, <a href=\"evolutionary_developmental_biology\">Evolutionary developmental biology<\/a>, <a href=\"modern_synthesis\">Modern synthesis<\/a>, <a href=\"morphogenesis\">Morphogenesis<\/a>, <a href=\"ontogenetic_development\">Ontogenetic development<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The study of mechanisms and processes of ontogenetic development, differentiation, growth and morphogenesis in animals and plants at the genetic, molecular, cellular and functional levels. &nbsp;Its model organisms include, for example, the round worm (Caenorhabditis elegans), the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), the zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio), and the African clawed toed frog (Xenopus laevis). &nbsp;Starting in &hellip; 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