At the cellular level, the development of an adult animal from a fertilized egg involves ____.
A) mitosis only
B) meiosis only
C) cell differentiation only
D) mitosis, cell differentiation, and morphogenesis
E) meiosis, cell differentiation, and morphogenesis

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The development of an adult animal from a fertilized egg involves mitosis for cell division, cell differentiation where cells become specialized, and morphogenesis, the process that gives shape to organs and organisms. Meiosis is not involved in this developmental process as it is a type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half and is primarily involved in the production of gametes.

At the Cellular Level, the Development of an Adult Animal