embryogeny
Americannoun
noun
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Also called: embryogenesis. the formation and development of an embryo
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the study of these processes
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Origin of embryogeny
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Opinions differed considerably as to the primitive mode of 295origin of the two-layered sac which was very generally admitted to be of constant occurrence in early embryogeny.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The matter seemed involved in mystery, and no one attempted to raise the veil which hung over the subject of embryogeny.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
He accepts in general von Baer's law that the characters of the large groups appear earlier in embryogeny than the characters of the lesser classificatory divisions.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The correspondence between comparative embryogeny and comparative anatomy would remain too.
From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell
The primitive Annelid mouth, however, does not appear in the embryogeny of Vertebrates, for the great development of the brain crowds it out of existence.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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