ontogeny
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- ontogenetic adjective
- ontogenetical adjective
- ontogenetically adverb
- ontogenic adjective
- ontogenically adverb
- ontogenist noun
Etymology
Origin of ontogeny
Example Sentences
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Looking for a solution to this problem, Cajal turned to embryology—also known as ontogeny—which he had first read about in a college textbook.
From Scientific American
“Here phylogeny closely replicates ontogeny” — why yes, of course it does, and a “prolegomenon”? By all means, make mine a large one, no ice.
From New York Times
Martin starts rambling off a list of words: thaumatology, ontology, eschatology, epistemology, phenomenology, teleology, etiology, ontogeny.
From Washington Post
Are there any biologists out there who can give us an idea how these environmental triggers for gene expression and suppression might affect development were they to occur during ontogeny?
From New York Times
Distinct routes of lineage development reshape the human blood hierarchy across ontogeny.
From Nature
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