ontogenetic

American  

[ahn-toh-juh-net-ik] / ˌɑn toʊ dʒəˈnɛt ɪk /

adjective

1. relating to or arising as part of ontogeny.

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Other Word Forms

• ontogenetical adjective
• ontogenetically adverb
• ontogenetics noun

Example Sentences

Holtz's study, "Bringing up baby: preliminary exploration of the effect of ontogenetic niche partitioning in dinosaurs versus long-term maternal care in mammals in their respective ecosystems," was published in the Italian Journal of Geosciences.

From Science Daily

Each island, owing to differences in its ontogenetic stage, effectively provides a different temporal snapshot of the diversification history for each clade.

From Nature

As seen elsewhere in the cranium and skeleton, these mandibular remains share similarities with those of other australopiths but differ from in both size and shape, as well as in their ontogenetic growth trajectory.

From Science Magazine

A critical question concerns the ontogenetic origins of these constituents of cooperative behavior, as well as whether they emerge independently or in an interrelated fashion.”

From Salon

Exceptional dinosaur fossils show ontogenetic development of early feathers.

From Scientific American