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Term:nephron development
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Definition:The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the nephron over time, from its formation to the mature structure. A nephron is the functional unit of the kidney.
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acquisition of desiccation tolerance +
adenohypophysis development + 
adenohypophysis formation
adenohypophysis morphogenesis + 
adrenal cortex development + 
adrenal cortex formation 
aerenchyma formation
age-dependent general metabolic decline + 
aggregation involved in sorocarp development +
aging + 
ammon gyrus development 
amnioserosa formation
amygdala development 
analia development +
analia morphogenesis +
anatomical structure arrangement + 
anatomical structure maturation + 
anatomical structure morphogenesis + 
anatomical structure regression + 
angiogenesis + 
antennal joint development +
antennal joint morphogenesis
antennal morphogenesis +
anterior cibarial plate development +
anterior cibarial plate morphogenesis
anterior midgut development
anterior neural plate formation +
anterior rotation of the optic cup
anterior/posterior axis specification, follicular epithelium
anther development +
anther wall tapetum cell differentiation +
anther wall tapetum cell fate specification
anther wall tapetum development +
anther wall tapetum formation +
anther wall tapetum morphogenesis +
apoptotic process involved in morphogenesis + 
appendage development + 
appendage morphogenesis + 
appendage segmentation +
apposition of dorsal and ventral imaginal disc-derived wing surfaces
ascending aorta development + 
ascending aorta morphogenesis 
ascending thin limb development + 
ascospore release from ascus +
atrichoblast fate specification +
atrioventricular canal development 
atrioventricular node development + 
beak development +
beak formation
beak morphogenesis +
blastocyst development + 
blastocyst formation + 
blood microparticle formation + 
blood vessel development + 
blood vessel morphogenesis + 
body morphogenesis + 
bone development + 
bone morphogenesis + 
brain development + 
brainstem development + 
bronchiole development + 
bronchiole morphogenesis 
bronchus development + 
bud field specification
bundle of His development + 
cardiac chamber development + 
cardiac chamber formation + 
cardiac chamber morphogenesis + 
cardiac conduction system development + 
cardiac septum development + 
cardiac septum morphogenesis + 
cardiogenic plate morphogenesis 
cartilage development involved in endochondral bone morphogenesis + 
cell development + 
cell differentiation involved in kidney development + 
cell migration involved in kidney development + 
cell proliferation involved in kidney development + 
cell-cell signaling involved in kidney development + 
cellular component assembly involved in morphogenesis + 
cellular component morphogenesis + 
cellularization +
central canal development
central complex development
central nervous system formation
central nervous system morphogenesis + 
cephalic furrow formation
cerebellar cortex development + 
cerebellar cortex formation + 
cerebellar cortex morphogenesis + 
cerebellar granular layer development + 
cerebellar granular layer formation + 
cerebellar granular layer morphogenesis + 
cerebellar molecular layer development + 
cerebellar molecular layer formation +
cerebellar molecular layer morphogenesis +
cerebellar Purkinje cell layer development + 
cerebellar Purkinje cell layer formation + 
cerebellar Purkinje cell layer morphogenesis + 
cerebellum development + 
cerebellum formation 
cerebellum morphogenesis + 
cerebellum vasculature morphogenesis 
cerebral cortex development + 
chondrocyte differentiation involved in endochondral bone morphogenesis + 
chorion development + 
chorion-containing eggshell pattern formation
ciliary body morphogenesis 
cingulate gyrus development
cloaca development + 
clypeus development +
clypeus morphogenesis
cochlea development + 
collecting duct development + 
comma-shaped body morphogenesis + 
common bile duct development 
compound eye cone cell fate commitment +
compound eye cone cell fate determination
compound eye cone cell fate specification +
compound eye corneal lens development + 
compound eye corneal lens morphogenesis
conidiophore stalk development +
cornea development in camera-type eye + 
corpora quadrigemina development + 
corpus callosum development + 
cortical collecting duct development + 
cranial nerve formation + 
cranial nerve morphogenesis + 
craniofacial suture morphogenesis + 
culmination involved in sorocarp development +
cupula development +
cuticle development + 
cystic duct development
dedifferentiation + 
deltoid tuberosity development 
dendrite development + 
dendritic spine development + 
dentate gyrus development 
dentate nucleus development
dermatome development + 
descending aorta development +
descending aorta morphogenesis
descending thin limb development + 
developmental growth + 
developmental maturation + 
diencephalon development + 
diencephalon morphogenesis + 
digestive tract development + 
digestive tract morphogenesis + 
distal convoluted tubule development + 
dorsal appendage formation
dorsal closure, leading edge cell differentiation +
dorsal closure, leading edge cell fate commitment +
dorsal closure, leading edge cell fate determination
dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve formation +
dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve morphogenesis +
dorsal spinal cord development + 
dorsal/ventral axis specification, ovarian follicular epithelium +
early distal convoluted tubule development +
ectodermal cell fate determination
ectodermal cell fate specification + 
ectodermal placode development + 
ectodermal placode formation + 
ectodermal placode morphogenesis + 
eggshell formation +
embryo development + 
embryonic camera-type eye formation + 
embryonic heart tube elongation 
embryonic morphogenesis + 
embryonic organ development + 
endocardial cushion formation + 
endocardium development + 
endocardium formation 
endocardium morphogenesis + 
endocrine pancreas development + 
endodermal cell differentiation + 
endodermal cell fate determination 
endodermal cell fate specification + 
endothelial stalk cell fate specification
endothelial tip cell fate specification
entry into diapause +
entry into dormancy
epistomal sclerite development +
epistomal sclerite morphogenesis
epithalamus development + 
epithelial cell differentiation involved in kidney development + 
epithelial cell differentiation involved in mammary gland bud morphogenesis +
epithelial cell differentiation involved in mammary gland cord morphogenesis
establishment of anatomical structure orientation + 
establishment of tissue polarity + 
eurydendroid cell differentiation
exit from diapause +
exit from dormancy +
exocrine pancreas development 
eye field cell fate commitment involved in camera-type eye formation +
eye photoreceptor cell differentiation + 
eye photoreceptor cell fate commitment + 
eyelid development in camera-type eye 
face development + 
face morphogenesis 
fat body development +
floor plate development + 
floor plate formation 
floral whorl development +
floral whorl formation
floral whorl morphogenesis +
flower formation
foramen ovale closure 
forebrain development + 
forebrain morphogenesis + 
forebrain-midbrain boundary formation 
foregut morphogenesis + 
formation of anatomical boundary + 
formation of primary germ layer + 
fourth ventricle development 
fungiform papilla development + 
fungiform papilla formation 
fungiform papilla morphogenesis + 
gall bladder development 
genitalia development + 
germ-line cyst encapsulation +
germarium-derived egg chamber formation +
germarium-derived oocyte differentiation +
germarium-derived oocyte fate determination
gland development + 
gland morphogenesis + 
globus pallidus development 
glomerular capillary formation + 
glomerulus development + 
glomerulus morphogenesis + 
glomus development
gonad development + 
growth plate cartilage axis specification
guard cell differentiation +
guard cell fate commitment
habenula development 
hair follicle morphogenesis 
hard palate development 
head development + 
head morphogenesis + 
heart development + 
heart rudiment formation +
heart valve development + 
heart valve formation + 
heart valve morphogenesis + 
hematopoietic or lymphoid organ development + 
hepatic duct development 
hindbrain development + 
hindbrain formation + 
hindbrain morphogenesis + 
hindgut morphogenesis + 
hippocampus development + 
His-Purkinje system development + 
hypophysis formation
hypophysis morphogenesis + 
hypothalamus development + 
imaginal disc development +
imaginal disc eversion
imaginal disc fusion +
imaginal disc fusion, thorax closure
imaginal disc-derived wing margin morphogenesis +
imaginal disc-derived wing vein morphogenesis
imaginal disc-derived wing vein specification
inferior colliculus development 
inferior olivary nucleus formation
inferior olivary nucleus morphogenesis +
inferior reticular formation development
inner cell mass cell fate commitment
inner ear development + 
inner stripe development
intermediate reticular formation development
intrahepatic bile duct development 
iris morphogenesis 
juxtaglomerular apparatus development + 
kidney development + 
kidney epithelium development + 
kidney mesenchyme development + 
kidney morphogenesis + 
kidney rudiment formation + 
kidney smooth muscle tissue development + 
kidney vasculature development + 
kidney vasculature morphogenesis + 
Kupffer's vesicle development 
labrum development +
labrum morphogenesis
labyrinthine layer development + 
labyrinthine layer formation
larval midgut cell programmed cell death
late distal convoluted tubule development +
lateral line development +
lateral ventricle development 
layer formation in cerebral cortex + 
leaflet formation +
leaflet morphogenesis +
left horn of sinus venosus development
lens development in camera-type eye + 
lens morphogenesis in camera-type eye + 
limb bud formation + 
limb joint morphogenesis + 
liver development + 
locus ceruleus development + 
locus ceruleus formation
locus ceruleus morphogenesis +
long descending thin limb bend development +
Lugaro cell differentiation
lung alveolus development + 
lung development + 
lung lobe development + 
lung lobe formation 
lung lobe morphogenesis + 
lung saccule development + 
lymph vessel development + 
lymph vessel morphogenesis + 
lymphangiogenesis + 
macula densa development + 
maintenance of diapause +
maintenance of dormancy +
maintenance of imaginal disc-derived wing hair orientation
maintenance of root meristem identity
Malpighian tubule development +
mammary gland alveolus development + 
mammary gland formation + 
mammary gland lobule development + 
mammillary axonal complex development + 
mammillary body development + 
mammillotectal axonal tract development
mammillotegmental axonal tract development
mammillothalamic axonal tract development 
maternal placenta development + 
mechanoreceptor differentiation involved in mechanosensory epithelium regeneration +
medulla oblongata development + 
medulla oblongata formation +
medulla oblongata morphogenesis +
medullary reticular formation development + 
membranous septum morphogenesis 
meristem initiation +
mesectoderm development
mesenchymal stem cell differentiation involved in nephron morphogenesis +
mesenchymal stem cell maintenance involved in nephron morphogenesis + 
mesendoderm development + 
mesodermal cell differentiation + 
mesodermal cell fate determination + 
mesodermal cell fate specification + 
mesonephros development + 
metamorphosis +
metanephric cap formation +
metanephric part of ureteric bud development + 
metanephros development + 
metaxylem development +
metencephalon development + 
micropyle formation
midbrain development + 
midbrain-hindbrain boundary development + 
morphogenesis of a branching structure + 
muscle structure development + 
muscular septum morphogenesis 
mushroom body development
mycelium development +
myoblast differentiation involved in skeletal muscle regeneration + 
myoblast fate commitment involved in skeletal muscle regeneration +
myoblast fate determination involved in skeletal muscle regeneration
myoblast fate specification involved in skeletal muscle regeneration
myotome development + 
myotube differentiation involved in skeletal muscle regeneration + 
nail development + 
nectary development
negative regulation of kidney development + 
nephric duct formation + 
nephric duct morphogenesis + 
nephron development + 
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the nephron over time, from its formation to the mature structure. A nephron is the functional unit of the kidney.
nephron morphogenesis + 
nephrostome development
nerve development + 
neural crest cell fate commitment + 
neural crest cell fate determination
neural crest cell fate specification
neural fold elevation formation 
neural fold hinge point formation
neural keel formation
neural nucleus development + 
neural plate formation + 
neural retina development + 
neural rod formation +
neural tube development + 
neurohypophysis development + 
neurohypophysis formation
neurohypophysis morphogenesis +
nipple development + 
nipple morphogenesis + 
nipple sheath formation 
notochord formation 
notum development +
notum morphogenesis
ocellus development +
ocellus morphogenesis
olfactory bulb development + 
olfactory bulb mitral cell layer development 
olfactory cortex development
olfactory lobe development + 
olfactory pit development 
ommatidial rotation
optic chiasma development 
optic cup formation involved in camera-type eye development 
optic lobe placode development +
optic vesicle formation
orbitofrontal cortex development + 
organ development + 
organ formation + 
organ morphogenesis + 
otic vesicle formation + 
otolith development + 
otolith formation +
outer stripe development
outflow tract morphogenesis + 
ovule development +
ovule morphogenesis +
palate development + 
pallium development + 
pancreas development + 
parahippocampal gyrus development
paramesonephric duct development 
pattern specification involved in kidney development + 
patterning of lymph vessels
perianth development
Peyer's patch morphogenesis 
pharynx development + 
phyllome development +
placenta development + 
platelet formation 
polarized epithelial cell differentiation + 
pons development + 
pons formation +
pons morphogenesis +
positive regulation of kidney development + 
post-anal tail morphogenesis 
post-embryonic anterior midgut (ectodermal) morphogenesis
post-embryonic digestive tract morphogenesis + 
post-embryonic ectodermal digestive tract morphogenesis +
post-embryonic foregut morphogenesis
post-embryonic hindgut morphogenesis
post-embryonic organ development + 
post-embryonic retina morphogenesis in camera-type eye 
posterior cibarial plate development +
posterior cibarial plate morphogenesis
posterior midgut development 
posterior neural plate formation +
prebend segment development +
prechordal plate formation 
primitive streak formation + 
proboscis development +
proboscis morphogenesis, clypeo-labral disc-derived
proboscis morphogenesis, eye-antennal disc-derived
proboscis morphogenesis, labial disc-derived
progression of morphogenetic furrow involved in compound eye morphogenesis
pronephric sinus development
pronephros development + 
prostate gland stromal morphogenesis 
prostate glandular acinus development + 
protoxylem development
proximal convoluted tubule development + 
proximal convoluted tubule segment 1 development +
proximal convoluted tubule segment 2 development + 
proximal straight tubule development + 
Purkinje myocyte development + 
putamen development 
pyramid development +
R8 cell fate specification
R8 cell-mediated photoreceptor organization
rectal diverticulum development
regeneration + 
regionalization involved in semicircular canal formation
regulation of kidney development + 
regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter involved in kidney development + 
renal capsule development + 
renal capsule formation + 
renal capsule morphogenesis + 
renal capsule specification + 
renal cortex development + 
renal inner medulla development 
renal outer medulla development + 
renal system vasculature morphogenesis + 
renal vesicle formation + 
reproductive structure development + 
respiratory tube development + 
retina development in camera-type eye + 
retina layer formation + 
retina morphogenesis in camera-type eye + 
retina vasculature morphogenesis in camera-type eye + 
retinal bipolar neuron differentiation 
retinal cell programmed cell death + 
retinal cone cell fate determination
retinal cone cell fate specification +
rhombomere development + 
rhombomere formation + 
rhombomere morphogenesis + 
right horn of sinus venosus development
roof plate formation 
root cap development
root development +
root epidermal cell differentiation +
root morphogenesis +
S-shaped body morphogenesis + 
satellite cell maintenance involved in skeletal muscle regeneration + 
sclerotome development + 
seed coat development +
selective angioblast sprouting +
semicircular canal development + 
semicircular canal formation + 
sensory organ development + 
sensory organ precursor cell fate determination
shoot system development +
sinoatrial node development + 
slug development involved in sorocarp development
soft palate development 
somite development + 
somite rostral/caudal axis specification 
somite specification 
somitogenesis + 
sorocarp morphogenesis +
sorocarp stalk development +
sorocarp stalk morphogenesis
specification of nephron tubule identity + 
specification of organ axis polarity
specification of organ identity + 
specification of organ position 
specification of ovule identity
Spemann organizer formation + 
spinal cord development + 
spiracle morphogenesis, open tracheal system
spongiotrophoblast layer development + 
sporulation +
stamen filament development
sternite morphogenesis
stigma development
stipule development
stomatal complex development +
stomatal complex formation
stomatal complex morphogenesis +
stomium development
striatum development + 
style development
submandibular salivary gland formation 
subpallium development + 
substantia nigra development 
subthalamus development + 
superior colliculus development
superior olivary nucleus formation
superior olivary nucleus morphogenesis +
superior reticular formation development
superior temporal gyrus development 
suspensor development
swim bladder development +
swim bladder inflation
syncytium formation + 
system development + 
tail tip morphogenesis
taste bud development +
taste bud formation
taste bud morphogenesis +
telencephalon development + 
tendon cell differentiation + 
tendon formation + 
tergite morphogenesis
thalamus development + 
thick ascending limb development + 
third ventricle development 
tissue development + 
tissue morphogenesis + 
tooth eruption
tooth mineralization + 
trabecula formation + 
trabecula morphogenesis + 
trabecular meshwork development 
trachea development + 
trachea submucosa development + 
tracheal pit formation in open tracheal system
trichoblast fate specification +
trophectodermal cell differentiation + 
trophectodermal cell fate commitment 
tube development + 
tube formation + 
tube morphogenesis + 
umbilical cord development + 
umbilical cord morphogenesis 
ureter development + 
ureter part of ureteric bud development
urethra development +
urinary bladder development 
uterus development + 
vascular cord development
vasculogenesis + 
ventral cord development
ventral furrow formation
ventral midline development + 
ventral spinal cord development + 
visceral serous pericardium development 
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