ontogeny

Noun

Meaning

The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ontogenesis development growth growing maturation addition increase ovum expansion progress evolution improvement adaptation oxidation emergence
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Antonyms

loss fall reduction decline decrease decay
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Hypernyms

biological process organic process

Hyponyms

culture vegetation cultivation habit suppression proliferation

Phrases with the word

morpho-ontogeny

Examples

Child psychology and animal psychology are of relatively slight importance, as compared with the sciences which deal with the corresponding physiological problems of ontogeny and phylogeny. Wilhelm Wundt

he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children Source: Internet

A. M. Khazen, on the one hand, states that "ontogeny is obliged to repeat the main stages of phylogeny." Source: Internet

Consequently, it is argued the species represents a unique ontogeny unlike any extant ape. Source: Internet

I tried searching in this site but couldn't find an appropriate answer to the title question: what is the real meaning of the statement "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"? Source: Internet

Flower ontogeny uses a combination of genes normally responsible for forming new shoots. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ontogenic ontogenical ontogenically ontogimorph ontogram ontographic