Term Name: salivary gland development
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Definition: The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the salivary gland over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Salivary glands include any of the saliva-secreting exocrine glands of the oral cavity.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007431]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: exocrine system development
has parts: acinar cell differentiation involved in salivary gland development cell differentiation involved in salivary gland development epithelial cell differentiation involved in salivary gland development epithelial cell maturation involved in salivary gland development mesenchymal cell differentiation involved in salivary gland development neuron differentiation involved in salivary gland development salivary gland boundary specification salivary gland morphogenesis
is a type of: gland development