Developmental biology

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Developmental biology studies the processes by which individual organisms grow and develop ( ontogeny ). Developmental biology has its origin in the embryology and treated today the genetic control of cell growth, cell differentiation and cell specialization in different cell types and organs.

Largely synonymous with the term is used developmental genetics, but it can also refer to aspects of behavior genetics. The maturation of the nervous system examines the developmental neurobiology.

Model organisms

As a model organism in developmental biology serve nematodes such as Caenorhabditis elegans or Pristionchus pacificus, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, the cancer Parhyale hawaiensis, the zebrafish ( Danio rerio), the Smooth clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), chicken (Gallus gallus) and the house mouse (Mus musculus) from the animal kingdom and the moss Physcomitrella patens ( Physcomitrella patens ), thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana ), maize (Zea mays subsp. mays), the Great snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus ) and the Garden Petunia ( Petunia hybrida ) from the plant kingdom.