If you observed the epithelial lining of a developing salivary gland forming a branching tree of ducts and blind-ending sacs,you would know this structure was undergoing
A) gastrulation.
B) determination.
C) apoptosis.
D) induction.
E) morphogenesis.

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The formation of a branching tree of ducts and blind-ending sacs is characteristic of morphogenesis, which is the process of organizing cells and tissues into three-dimensional structures with defined shapes and functions. This process involves changes in cell shape, migration, proliferation, and differentiation, as well as interactions between cells and their environment. Gastrulation is the process of forming the three germ layers during early development, determination is the process of specifying cell fate, apoptosis is programmed cell death, and induction is the process of one group of cells influencing the fate of neighboring cells. None of these processes are specifically related to the observed branching structures in the developing salivary gland.

If You Observed the Epithelial Lining of a Developing Salivary