The phrase "abort the development of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a project, plan, or process is being halted or terminated before completion.
Example: "Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have decided to abort the development of the new software application."
Alternatives: "cease the development of" or "terminate the development of".
The restriction of male flowers to the tassel occurs due to the abortion of pistils in the florets in the early development of the tassel; similarly, stamens are aborted during the development of ears (Irish 1996).
It is unclear if the development of spermatocysts were aborted early in development in these males or if few spermatocysts were produced.
Since RE insertions are mutagenic and the development of plantlets might be aborted, new events of RE integration were surveyed in sunflower embryos from four inflorescences, one for each developmental stage.
The developers then signed a deal with Bethesda to release the game for the PC and Xbox, and the development of the PlayStation 2 version was aborted.
The earliest one takes place around flower anthesis and involves the development of the carpels forming the ovary and the decision to proceed with fruit development or to abort.
With the development of amniocentesis, ultrasound, and other methods for the prenatal diagnosis of birth defects, obstetrician-gynecologists have been able to abort defective fetuses and unwanted pregnancies.
Nuclear RISC has been implicated in transcriptional gene silencing in various mammalian systems, and we propose that the inflicted chromatin mark will abort further development of the spermiocyte.
You may even have to abort the switch of hands.
In the case of headache, taking the acute medication is beneficial because the attack is aborted but it also leads to risks in terms of the potential development of MOH.
Because no developmental alteration was observed between 3 and 4 weeks of age, it seems to be likely that the postnatal development of Müller cells from β2−/−/γ3−/− mice is aborted at an early stage.
