part of part of in taxon results in maturation of developmental maturation pronephros development animal organ maturation pronephros maturation A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for the pronephros to attain its fully functional state. In mammals, the pronephros is the first of the three embryonic kidneys to be established and exists only transiently. In lower vertebrates such as fish and amphibia, the pronephros is the fully functional embryonic kidney and is indispensable for larval life. pronephric kidney maturation 2010-02-22T11:25:48Z GO:0072120 mah Gnathostomata <vertebrates> pronephros