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ontogenesis Biol.|ɒntəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs|
[mod. f. onto- + Gr. γένεσις birth.]
The origin and development of the individual living being (as distinguished from phylogenesis, that of the tribe or species).
1875tr. Schmidt's Desc. & Darw. 195 The phenomena of individual development or Ontogenesis admit of no other choice. 1878G. A. Simcox in Academy 605/2 The analogy between phylogenesis and ontogenesis. 1879tr. Haeckel's Evol. Man I. i. 7 Phylogenesis is the mechanical cause of Ontogenesis. The Evolution of the Tribe..effects all the events which take place in the course of the Evolution of the Germ or Embryo. |
