Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to morphogenesis; morphological, with special reference to ontogeny and phylogeny; embryological in a broad sense; evolutionary or developmental, with reference to biogeny.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Biol.) Of or pertaining to morphogenesis; concerned with the process of development of the normal features of an organism.
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- adjective biology Of or pertaining to
morphogenesis
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Examples
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Listening for what wants to happen is to follow the intelligence of the intersubjective space, the morphogenetic Field.
Willow Dea: Habit #4: Listening for "What Wants to Happen" Willow Dea 2011
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Kahn's team is focusing on a compound called bone morphogenetic protein 7, or BMP-7, also known as osteogenic protein 1.
Boing Boing 2009
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State hospital discharge records show Dr. Kolpin used a bone-growth product that accelerates fusion, called bone morphogenetic protein.
In Small California Hospitals, the Marketing of Back Surgery John Carreyrou 2012
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Amplify contains an ingredient called recombinant bone morphogenetic protein-2, or rhBMP-2, which is designed to help the formation of new bone.
FDA Rejects Medtronic Spine Device Steven Russolillo 2011
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The first, How the bat got its wing, describes the work of Chris Cretekos and colleagues on the regulation of Prx1, a gene influencing bone morphogenetic proteins which are involved in limb elongation.
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Axis formation by outgrowth is a common morphogenetic strategy that is widely evident in animals and plants.
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Skramble; I think the reference to Rupert Sheldrake was based on his theory that all organisms are connected through a "morphogenetic field" and that advances in learning by some in the population leads to a collective wisdom by all.
Crows Birds stealing coins from car wash? - Boing Boing 2008
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Axis formation by outgrowth is a common morphogenetic strategy that is widely evident in animals and plants.
Randomly growing an embryo. It can work. - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Until recently, practically nothing was known about the morphogenetic processes concealed in this metamorphosis, about what cranial structures take part in it, and about the exact way in which the cetacean skull becomes transformed during embryogeny.
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Axis formation by outgrowth is a common morphogenetic strategy that is widely evident in animals and plants.
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