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ontogenesis

[ ŏn′tō-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs ]

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ontogeny

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The ontogenesis of any given living organism is a short, condensed recapitulation of its ancestral history or of its phylogenesis.
The Last Link|Ernst Haeckel
It summarises the history of species; ontogenesis, we are told, reproduces phylogenesis.
A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson|Edouard le Roy
It studies man from two different points of view: his development (ontogenesis), and his variations.
Pedagogical Anthropology|Maria Montessori
It is naturally no easy matter to trace the ontogenesis of the herd instinct.
Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego|Sigmund Freud

This is, of course, no reversal of dominance in ontogeny, but mere ontogenesis of pigmentation.
Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl|Charles Benedict Davenport