'distinct stages of development' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a sequence of stages that something passes through, for example: "The project went through three distinct stages of development before it was complete."
For the generation of a tornado, the diffuse spin must be concentrated into a small area as an evolving storm goes through several distinct stages of development.
Reconstruction of the depositional geometry of the Tyee Basin succession from detailed outcrop and subsurface data reveals two distinct stages of development for this active basin-margin.
The visible soft parts of the animal are of a pale subtranslucent yellow color, with different markings during distinct stages of development.
Their results suggested that ginsenoside biosynthesis occurs at distinct stages of development.
Transcript profiles suggest ginsenoside biosynthesis occurs at distinct stages of development.
The fruit of watermelon undergoes distinct stages of development with dramatic changes in its size, color, sweetness, texture and aroma.
P falciparum gametocytes undergo complex development that is characterised by five morphologically distinct stages of maturation.
On the basis of their differential distributions in the brain at distinct stages of neuroglial development, HDAC1 and HDAC2 appear to have different functions during the development of the central nervous system [ 32].
Within each phase, distinct stages of design, development and evaluation of the cognitive solution are conducted.
Here we use high-resolution quantitative mass spectrometry to analyze the entire pool of AMPARs affinity-isolated from distinct brain regions, selected sets of neurons, and whole brains at distinct stages of postnatal development.
The sedimentary facies and facies associations show a downflow trend that can be subdivided into three distinct stages of flow development: (1) a zone of flow establishment (ZFE), (2) a zone of transition (ZFT), and (3) an established zone (ZEF).
