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Developmental Strategies of Plants and Animals

Developmental strategies of plants and animals have developed separately for millions of years. Both realms have much in common, but some of their solutions are unique. So what are the fundamental differences between the development of land plants and animals?

Model organisms

Short introduction to important model organisms in Developmental Biology


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Mouse	Arabidopsis thaliana	Drosophila melanogaster

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Books & Journals

Books and journals on Developmental Biology

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Sites on Developmental Biology, Arabidopsis, Databases, Bioinformatical Tools, Lab Protocols, Scientific Journals and more

Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics, Biological Databases, Machine Learning

Term

Developmental biology

Developmental biology is about how single organisms grow and develop. Deriving from embryology today it examines the genetic control of growth, differentiation and specialisation of different cell types and organs.

Main model organisms are thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), corn (Zea mays), snapdragon (Antirrhinum) and Petunia among plants and Caenorhabditis elegans, fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), zebrafish (Danio rerio), African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), chick (Gallus gallus) and mouse (Mus musculus) among animals.

"It is not birth, marriage, or death, but gastrulation, which is truly the most important time in your life."
Lewis Wolpert (1986)

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