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. |
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. |