Ontogeny

What do we mean by ontogeny?

The origin and development of an individual organism from embryo to adult. noun

Same as ontogenesis. noun

Specifically or specially, the ontogenesis of an individual living organism; the entire development and metamorphosis or life-history of a given organism, as distinguished from phylogeny. noun

The development of an individual organism. noun

(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 noun

Ontogenesis

The phrase my Biology teacher used to say to try to make himself look smart. It is considered false by most professional evolutionists and biologists, however many high school biology text books still offer it as evidence for evolution. It claims that each embryo in its development passes through abbreviated stages that resemble developmental stages of its evolutionary ancestors. It was first proposed by Ernst Haeckel about a century ago. Experimental morphologists and biologists have shown that there is not a one-to-one correspondence between phylogeny and ontogeny. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to ontogeny:
ontogeny, orogeny, ontogenic, oncogene, autogeny, endogeny, odontogeny, cytogeny, monogeny, oncogen, osteogeny.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ontogeny:
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Words that rhyme with ontogeny:
progeny, phylogeny, androgyny, yogini, homogeny.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ontogeny:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective ontogeny:
phylogeny, proceeds, deals, results, relative, abbreviates, color, hypothesis, show, development, complexity, result.

Words that sound like ontogeny:
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