The Emergence Machine

Morphogenesis

physical · Biology · Level 8 · E6

E6Organisms

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Emergence definition

Morphogenesis is the process by which organisms develop their characteristic body shape and structure through the interaction of genes and the transformation of matter, guided by the patterns and structures encoded in DNA.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “morphogenesis” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
morphogenesis
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0MorphogenesisGeneDnaAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesMorphogenesisL8GeneL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Gene L7 (requires)
    Morphogenesis is the process by which organisms develop their characteristic body shape and structure.