The characteristic shaping of vertebrate organs occurs during the process of morphogenesis. Both apoptosis and/or differential growth are involved during this process. The differences between the two tools are not fully understood at cellular, ultrastructural and molecular levels.
Apoptosis is the process of programmed cell death (PCD) including the biochemical events of blebbing, cell shrinkage, nuclear fragmentation, chromatin condensation, and chromosomal DNA fragmentation. Apoptosis is not the opposite concept of differential growth, thus I do not know how to interpret the difference between them
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The definition of both processes is well known. Both processes are involved in the morphogenesis of vertebrate organs and each of them as you said is not the opposite concept of the other. Consequently, there must be certain differences between both processes as mechanisms for organ morphogenesis at least in terms of the species under consideration as well as the organs themselves.
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That is absolutely true Shuo. You got it. We are thinking about these strategies.
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