The mammary gland displays a high level of developmental plasticity, able to undergo repeated cycles of growth, differentiation, and regression, coordinated by the reproductive state [ 11].
In addition to their morphological simplicity they have a high level of developmental plasticity that equips them for shape transformation, regeneration and asexual proliferation during their life cycle.
The index calculated from the pooled samples indicated a high level of developmental synchronisation: on average, 0.92 ± 0.02 of the individuals in a gall was belonged within the same single instar.
While cell elongation, as the major growth process in plants, is the target of many signaling pathways that have evolved to provide the high level of developmental plasticity in higher plants, it has been unclear whether these pathways act on independent cellular machineries involved in elongation or they are processed by a central control system into a coherent cellular decision.
Because swarming is a communal activity expressed at a high level of developmental organization, it may have arisen relatively late in animal and plant phylogenies and display features of convergent evolution in order to promote the well-being and survival of both individual organisms and the functional, or societal, group of which the individuals are a part.
The initial assumption was that business owners, who employ others for labour, are at the top of society in terms of income, should be more likely to pursue developmental-oriented consumption and thus show a high level of developmental-oriented MPC.
She points out that the fetal and postnatal development of the brain is highly influenced by environmental inputs, the human brain exhibits high levels of developmental plasticity, is sensitive to experience, and finally that humans are very good at learning.
LDCs are eligible for special concessions, such as access to duty-free export markets and high levels of developmental aid.
For males and females, the smallest levels of inequality and developmental vulnerability are found in New South Wales and Tasmania whereas the largest inequalities and highest levels of developmental vulnerability are found in Western Australia and Queensland.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03031.002 The high levels of developmental plasticity in higher plants relies on coordinated regulation of cell elongation by many hormonal and environmental signals, including particularly light, temperature, auxin, gibberellin (GA), and brassinosteroid (BR), which have major effects on cell elongation and seedling morphogenesis.
