(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
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ontogeny::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis |
| Type of | organic process, biological process |
| Has types | blossoming, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, cohesion, cultivation, culture, cytogenesis, cytogeny, dentition, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, foliation, fructification, gametogenesis, germination, habit, inflorescence, infructescence, intussusception, juvenescence, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, leafing, life cycle, masculinisation, masculinization, morphogenesis, myelinisation, myelinization, neurogenesis, odontiasis, virilization, angiogenesis, anthesis, apposition, auxesis, amelogenesis, palingenesis, proliferation, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, recapitulation, rooting, sprouting, suppression, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation, virilisation |
| Derivation | ontogenetic |
Examples of ontogeny
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Ontogeny is not the only aspect of HSPC biology that is incompletely understood.
From the nature.com
If you study the ontogeny of Tevatron,you will know what is the fate of the LHC.
From the economist.com
Yet even this system has its underlying complexity in phylogeny, ontogeny and function.
From the scienceblogs.com
The ontogeny of allele-specific methylation associated with imprinted genes in the mouse.
From the nature.com
Social effects on vocal ontogeny in an ungulate, the goat, Capra hircus.
From the sciencedaily.com
They also possess specialized teeth and use a placenta in the ontogeny.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Critically revisits Haeckel's idea that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Ontogeny-recapitulating generation and tissue integration of ES cell-derived Purkinje cells.
From the guardian.co.uk
Not to be confused with the medical concepts of oncology and odontology, or indeed ontogeny.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Growth: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
- (ontogenetic) of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms; "ontogenetic development"
- Ontogeny (also ontogenesis or morphogenesis) (ontos present participle of 'to be', genesis 'creation') describes the origin and the development of an organism from the fertilized egg to its mature form. ...
- (ontogenetic) of or relating to ontogenesis
- (Ontogenetic) Development and growth after emergence from the egg.
- (Ontogenetic) (growth): babies look different from juveniles look different from subadults look different from adults (can be even more extreme in animals that undergo metamorphosis, like amphibians and many insects)
- (ontogenetic (adj)) Having to do with the life cycle of a singe organism
- The development and growth of an individual organism from zygote until death, often conceived as being through progressive stages. See also Life-history
- The developmental history of an organism.
