The phrase "apt to develop and" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the likelihood or tendency of something to grow or evolve in a certain way.
Example: "The new technology is apt to develop and improve rapidly over the next few years."
Alternatives: "likely to evolve and" or "prone to grow and".
One previous study indicated that immune-compromised patients are more apt to develop complicated and life-threatening DNI as compared to normal people [ 9].
HIV-infected patients are apt to develop aggressive periodontal disease and the associated ulcerative gingivitis, which can result in marked gingival recession and other oral lesions [ 16].
Relative to whites, blacks were about twice as likely and Hispanics about one and a half times as apt to develop the disease, according to 2010 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures, a report released by the Alzheimer's Association in March.
Ethnicity does not make you more or less apt to develop an unhealthy attitude towards food and body image either.
As a consequence, public health districts in Georgia are apt to develop SNS dispensing procedures that are more independent and variable than a company's operations in different locations.
Lonely old people, Dutch researchers have found, are more apt to develop dementia.
Women develop rosacea more often than men, but men are more apt to develop lumpy, enlarged noses, a condition called rhinophyma.
Maybe they are more efficient at photosynthesis, or they're less apt to develop weak (narrow) branch attachments prone to breakage.
The guidelines also say that any chimera possessing human cells should not be allowed to breed, and that human stem cells should not be put into other primates, such as chimpanzees, where a more human-like brain might be apt to develop.
Also, dogs as a species are more likely to acquire certain conditions like arthritis, while kitties are more apt to develop hyperthyroidism or chronic kidney disease.
