The case study 'genetics of sex determination' provides an example of how questioning a basic concept from a gender perspective - in this case, the notion of the female developmental pathway as a 'default' - opened new areas to research.
The average age of the vertebral segments within each cluster supported the notion of a developmental model, as the chronological age in each cluster consistently increased across each pathoanatomic pathway as degeneration developed.
Diet and nutrition in pregnancy have been central to the cross-discipline notions of the 'developmental origins' of many diseases (Waterland and Michels 2007).
These results illustrate the notion of multiple developmental levels of self-recognition ability, as well as the potential role of contingency detection in the co-emergence of mirrored self-recognition and empathic behavior in infants.
The notion of models as substitutes for theories is closely related to the notion of a developmental model.
Obesity has been considered to result from both a genetic prevalence and inadequate nutrition due to lifestyle, and more recently epidemiological evidence raised the notion of a developmental origin of this pathology and associated diseases [1].
We agree on this notion of developmental error; however, present literature does not offer any link of hepatic hypermobility to intestinal malrotation or volvulus.
Our findings of clear age-related advantages between age 8 and young adulthood in learning a new morphological skill do not support a simple notion of a restricted developmental time window or a 'critical period' of heightened plasticity in linguistic skill acquisition.
It is a part of the developmental process.
The scale of the developmental task remains overwhelming.
