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developmental biology

discipline that explores the processes by which individual organisms grow and develop (ontogeny)
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Summary

developmental biology is a branch of biology[1]. It draws 1,246 Wikipedia views per month (branch of biology category, ranking #15 of 72).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: biology[3]
  • Commons category: Developmental biology[4]
  • Has part(s): morphogenesis[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Developmental biology[6]
  • Topic has template: Template:Developmental biology[7]
  • Different from: evolutionary biology[8]
  • Is the study of: developmental process[9], embryogenesis[10]
  • Practiced by: developmental biologist[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]
  • P10203: 1309[13]

Why It Matters

developmental biology has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

biology Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Eric F. Wieschaus evolutionary biology Gill Bejerano H. Robert Horvitz Institute of Molecular Biology John Gurdon Martin Evans teratology

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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