Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Morphology

Morphology is the branch of biology concerned with the form and structure of organisms and their parts, including their shape, size, and the spatial arrangement of their components. It examines structure at scales ranging from whole organisms and organs down to tissues and cells, and seeks to relate form to function…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 10× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2766-869X

Overview

Morphology is the branch of biology concerned with the form and structure of organisms and their parts, including their shape, size, and the spatial arrangement of their components. It examines structure at scales ranging from whole organisms and organs down to tissues and cells, and seeks to relate form to function, development, and evolutionary history. Descriptive morphology characterises and compares structures, while functional and comparative approaches interpret how form arises during growth and how it adapts organisms to their environment. The discipline is foundational across the life sciences: in microbiology and mycology, morphological features of cells, colonies, and reproductive structures aid in the identification and classification of fungi and other organisms and in understanding their growth under varying conditions; in medicine and the clinical sciences, morphological assessment of cells, tissues, and anatomical structures supports diagnosis, as in the examination of lavage fluid, gallbladder mucosa, or imaging of skeletal and dental structures; and in anthropology, anthropometric study of bodily proportions characterises human variation. Morphometric measurement quantifies these structural attributes for comparison and analysis. Research relevant to this topic spans the structural characterisation of biological and clinical specimens, the relationship between morphology and physiological or pathological state, and the use of morphological criteria for identification and classification across diverse organisms and materials.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 10 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Journal of Fungal Diversity (ISSN 2766-869X).

Journal editorial board
Marijana Kosanic · Serbia Michael Dare ASEMOLOYE · South Africa Prittesh Patel · India

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