The phrase "adversely affected the development" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the negative impact or consequences on a process, project, or growth.
Example: "The recent policy changes have adversely affected the development of the new software, causing delays in its release."
Alternatives: "negatively impacted the development" or "harmed the development".
For example, increase in literacy rate would positively affect the development, while increasing population density may adversely affected the development.
When incorporated in an artificial diet, Arisaema jacquemontii lectin adversely affected the development of Bactrocera cucurbitae larvae (Kaur et al. 2006a).
The findings indicate that exposure to pollutants from the power plant adversely affected the development of children living in Tongliang; these findings have implications for environmental health policy.
The location of the country in natural disaster occurrence areas and the high levels of vulnerability constitute high risk scenarios that have adversely affected the development of aquaculture.
We found that FoxN1 over- and ectopic-expression (or nonprominent location expression) in early life stages adversely affected the development of the skin, thymus and T cells, as well as B cells, whereas K5CreERT-mediated FoxN1 overexpression in adult mice did not cause any observable defects, and can probably be expected to attenuate age-related thymic involution as reported.
Moreover, it has been argued that exposure of the developing foetus to nicotine may adversely affect the development of the function of the hypothalamus and through this mechanism to have an effect on appetite control during later life and consequently to increase the risk of future obesity [ 52].
Experts found that the chemicals "may adversely affect the development of neurons and brain structures associated with functions such as learning and memory," an EFSA statement said.
If a mother's stress adversely affects the development of her fetus (as it is likely to do) then selectively aborting boys, rather than wasting time and resources on bringing them to term, would make evolutionary sense.That, in turn, would explain why women in rich countries, who are less likely to suffer from hunger and disease, are more likely to give birth to sons.
Salt stress adversely affects the development of plants (Zheng et al. 2008; Türkan and Demiral 2009 Galvan-Ampudia and Testerink 2011).
By extension, altered STS expression is likely to adversely affect the development of these structures.
Lower or higher temperatures adversely affect the development process and frustrate the best efforts.
