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To describe: The kinds of events that contribute to pattern formation.
Introduction: Many processes are involved in shaping the microorganism and its structures so that it performs the correct functions and with greatest efficiency. An organism gains its form from an undifferentiated mass of cells to gain the function and characteristics that are specific to it. These processes are cell determination, cell differentiation, pattern formation, and morphogenesis.
To describe: The way in which pattern formation leads to morphogenesis.
Introduction: Many processes are involved in shaping the microorganism and its structures so that it performs the correct functions and with greatest efficiency. An organism gains its form from an undifferentiated mass of cells to gain the function and characteristics that are specific to it. These processes are cell determination, cell differentiation, pattern formation, and morphogenesis.
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