Inherited reserves fund:
- membrane activation
- transcription
- translation
- germination
- hatching
- emergence
- initial growth
Operational definition
Developmental transition.
The phase during which a dormant, embryonic, or newly separated propagule becomes an actively functioning biological system and establishes the structures required for continued survival.
It may include:
- germination;
- hatching;
- membrane reactivation;
- initial cell division;
- root emergence;
- feeding-system development;
- symbiont acquisition.