development def

J Clark jclark at ebi.ac.uk
Tue Aug 9 06:34:23 PDT 2005


Hi,

Can we change the definition of development from:

current:
The biological process specifically aimed at the progression of an organism over 
time from an initial condition (e.g. a zygote, or a young adult) to a later 
condition (e.g. a multicellular animal or an aged adult).

to

new:
The biological process specifically aimed at the progression of an organism over 
time from an initial condition (e.g. a zygote, a young adult or a young single 
celled organism) to a later condition (e.g. a multicellular animal, an aged 
adult or a mature single celled organism).

Jane just pointed out that the current definition looks quite geared to 
multicellular organisms and this term has all the cell development terms as 
descendants.

Thanks,

Jen



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