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Ontogeny (or ontogenesis) describes the origin and the development of an organism from the fertilized? egg? to its mature? form. Ontology is covered by developmental biology.
Ontogeny (or ontogenesis) describes the origin and the development of an organism from the fertilized? egg? to its mature? form. Ontogeny is studied in developmental biology.

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The idea that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, with the development of an organism mirroring the evolutionary developmnent of the species, is discredited today.
The idea that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, i.e. that the development of an organism exactly mirrors the evolutionary development of the species, is discredited today.

Ontogeny (or ontogenesis) describes the origin and the development of an organism from the fertilized? egg? to its mature? form. Ontogeny is studied in developmental biology.

The idea that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, i.e. that the development of an organism exactly mirrors the evolutionary development of the species, is discredited today.


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