Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given. As an embryo develops, tissues and organs change in size, shape, and proportions. This process is called
A
gastrulation
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B
morphogenesis
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C
pattern formation
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D
metamorphosis
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Solution
The correct option is B morphogenesis
The term morphogenesis generally refers to the processes by which order is created in the developing organism. He distinguished morphogenesis from growth and explained that growth was the creation of mass where morphogenesis was the shaping of that mass