ontogenetic
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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 ● Feb. 27, 2026
“The organism is not specified by its genes,” Lewontin insisted, “but is a unique outcome of an ontogenetic process that is contingent on the sequence of environments in which it occurs.”
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2016
“Negative genetic correlation for adult fitness between sexes reveals ontogenetic conflict in Drosophila.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2010
“Moving to suburbia: ontogenetic and evolutionary consequences of life on predator-free islands.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2010
This ontogenetic fact is supremely important, for the most far-reaching conclusions may be drawn from it.
From Life and Matter A Criticism of Professor Haeckel's 'Riddle of the Universe' by Sir Oliver Lodge
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