Term Name: multicellular organism development
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Definition: The biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a multicellular 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).
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007275]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: abscission appendage development cell competition in a multicellular organism cellularization cuticle development development of primary sexual characteristics eclosion embryo implantation female sex determination female sex differentiation germ-line sex determination hatching male sex determination male sex differentiation pattern specification process polyphenic determination post-embryonic development primary sex determination processes downstream of sex determination signal somatic sex determination system development tube development
is a type of: anatomical structure development multicellular organismal process
has subtype: embryo development gametophyte development instar larval or pupal development larval development metamorphosis
regulated by: regulation of multicellular organismal development