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ontogenetically

  • a word derived from ontogenesis.
    ontogenesis
    noun
    a variant of ontogeny.
  • a word derived from ontogenetic.
    ontogenetic
    adjective
    relating to or arising as part of ontogeny.
  • a word derived from ontogeny.
    ontogeny
    noun
    the development or developmental history of an individual organism.

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The shape of the snout and the associated cranial elements of S. sordida vary geographically and ontogenetically.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman

Then only can the course of the psyche be comprehended, ontogenetically as well as phylogenetically, according to a dynamic scheme as it were.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe

This occurs ontogenetically, and it occurs phylogenetically through selection.

From The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles by Richard C. Fox

The elaborate alimentary canal of the higher animals develops ontogenetically from the same simple primitive gut of the gastrula.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

And what is true ontogenetically, is of course true phylogenetically.

From The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller