Ontogeny synonyms

ŏn-tŏj'ə-nē

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phylogeny (related)
(Systematics, informal) A phylogenetic diagram.
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growth
Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution.
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growing
The action of the verb to grow.
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maturation
The process of becoming mature.
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ontogenesis
The arising or development of an individual organism.
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morphogenesis (related)
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macroevolution (related)
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coevolution (related)
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development
(Uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
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  • The leaves of the true mosses and those of the club-mosses (Lycopodium, Selaginella) being somewhat alike in general appearance and in ontogeny, might be, and indeed have been, regarded as homologous on that ground.

  • He was an enthusiast for evolution and saw in the growth of embryos what he called ' ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny ' .

  • The most striking general change has been against seeing in the facts of ontogeny any direct evidence as to phylogeny.

  • The term morphology, which was introduced into science by Goethe (1817), designates, in the first place, the study of the form and composition of the body and of the parts of which the body may consist; secondly, the relations of the parts of the same body; thirdly, the comparison of the bodies or parts of the bodies of plants of different kinds; fourthly, the study of the development of the body and of its parts (ontogeny); fifthly, the investigation of the historical origin and descent of the body and its parts (phylogeny); and, lastly, the consideration of the relation of the parts of the body to their various functions, a study that is known as organography.

  • The homology of members was based, in the first instance, upon similarity of development and upon similar relations to the other parts of the body, that is, upon ontogeny.

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