developmental process
biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of an integrated living unit
plant development
process by which structures originate and mature as a plant grows
ageing
biological processes in a human body coupled to increasing age
sensitive period
maturational stage of organism
social emotional development
specific domain of child development
appropriation of knowledge
process of constructing knowledge from social and cultural sources and integrating it into pre-existing schemas; educational psychology concept
dedifferentiation
The process in which a specialized structure (cell, tissue or organ) loses structural or functional features that characterize it in the mature organism, or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Under certain conditions,
ontogeny
origination and development of an organism, usually from the time of egg fertilisation through to adult form
abscission
the shedding of various parts of an organism
Aging in dogs
aging in dogs
Persistence
retention of plant organs that normally are shed