This glossary of developmental biology is a list of definitions of terms and concepts commonly used in the study of developmental biology and related disciplines in biology, including embryology and reproductive biology, primarily as they pertain to vertebrate animals and particularly to humans and other mammals.
The developmental biology of invertebrates, plants, fungi, and other organisms is treated in other articles; e.g terms relating to the reproduction and development of insects are listed in Glossary of entomology, and those relating to plants are listed in Glossary of botany.
This glossary is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical detail, see the article corresponding to each term.
Additional terms relevant to vertebrate reproduction and development may also be found in Glossary of biology, Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, and Glossary of evolutionary biology.
Also gastrocoel.Also blastocoele, blastocele, cleavage cavity, and segmentation cavity.Also serosa and false amnion.Also diestrus.Also embryogeny.Also oestrous cycle.