ontogenesis
noun
a variant of ontogeny.
ontogenetically
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a word derived from
ontogenesis.
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a word derived from
ontogenetic.
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a word derived from
ontogeny.
ontogenynounthe development or developmental history of an individual organism.
Example Sentences
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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 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
It is both phylogenetically and ontogenetically an independent secondary formation, a later accession to the primary internal ear.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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
