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morphogen

morphogen noun: any substance that governs the movement and development of cells during morphogenesis by forming a concentration gradient in the developing tissue.

Noun

morphogen (plural morphogens)

  1. Any substance that governs the movement and development of cells during morphogenesis by forming a concentration gradient in the developing tissue.

Forms of morphogen

pluralmorphogens

Origin of morphogen

From morpho- + -gen.

Questions about morphogen

What does morphogen mean?
Morphogen means any substance that governs the movement and development of cells during morphogenesis by forming a concentration gradient in the developing tissue.
What part of speech is morphogen?
Morphogen is a noun.
What is the plural of morphogen?
The plural of morphogen is morphogens.

Words near morphogen in the dictionary

  1. morphoform
  2. morphoforms
  3. morphofunction
  4. morphofunctional
  5. morphofunctions
  6. morphogen
  7. morphogene
  8. morphogenera
  9. morphogeneric
  10. morphogenes
  11. morphogeneses

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