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Ontogeny

Ontogeny (also ontogenesis) is the origination and development of an organism (both physical and psychological, e.g., moral development), usually from the time of fertilization of the egg to adult. The term can also be used to refer to the study of the entirety of an organism's lifespan.

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Ontogeny

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to history · 24
Ontogeny → According, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, Even, February, General Morphology, Generelle Morphologie, German, Germany, Haeckel, Haeckel's, He, In, Julian Huxley's, Marine, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Organismen, Organisms, The, Though
see also · 7
Ontogeny → ApoptosisEvo-devo, Cellular, DarwinismFertilizationCleavageBlastulationGastrulationGerm, Developmental, HaeckelGeneticsRecapitulation, PhylogeneticsPhylogeny, TinbergenMetamorphosisMorphologyPhysiologyEco-evo-devo
related to External links · 5
Ontogeny → Media, Morphogenesis, Wikimedia Commons The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 2
Ontogeny → developmental history of an organism within its own lifetime, important field of study in many disciplines
related to Etymology · 2
Ontogeny → Greek, The English-language

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species cells organism development developmental neurulation become process also fertilization egg phylogeny stage organisms biology metamorphosis neural cell stages primary

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Ontogenyis adevelopmental history of an organism within its own lifetime0.90text
Ontogenyis aimportant field of study in many disciplines0.90text
sea starsinstance ofOther species0.80text
frogsinstance ofOther species0.80text
chicksinstance ofOther species0.80text
and mice have all the same structures in this stageinstance ofOther species0.80text
yet the orientation of these features differsinstance ofOther species0.80text
plus these species have additional types of cells in this stage.GastrulationAfter blastulationinstance ofOther species0.80text
the single-layered blastula expandsinstance ofOther species0.80text
reorganizes into multiple layersinstance ofOther species0.80text
a gastrulainstance ofOther species0.80text
hoovesinstance ofit shows how multiple species develop in a parallel manner but branch off to develop more specific features for the organism0.80text

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