ontogeny

ontogeny
ontogeny (n.) "development of an individual," 1872, from ONTO- (Cf. onto-) + -GENY (Cf. -geny).

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  • ontogeny — ontogeny. См. онтогенез. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • ontogeny — [än΄tə jen′ə sisän täj′ə nē] n. pl. ontogenies [ ONTO + GENY] the life cycle of a single organism; biological development of the individual: distinguished from PHYLOGENY: also called ontogenesis [än΄tə jen′ə sis] ontogenetic [än΄tə jə net′ik] adj …   English World dictionary

  • Ontogeny — The initial stages of human embryogenesis Ontogeny (also ontogenesis or morphogenesis) is the origin and the development of an organism – for example: from the fertilized egg to mature form. It covers in essence, the study of an organism s… …   Wikipedia

  • Ontogeny — Ontogenesis On to*gen e*sis, Ontogeny On*tog e*ny, n. [See {Ontology}, and {Genesis}.] (Biol.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism; the history of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ontogeny — ontogenezė statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Individuali organizmo raida nuo sporos, apvaisintos kiaušialąstės arba vegetatyvinio pradmens susidarymo iki gyvenimo pabaigos. atitikmenys: angl. ontogenesis; ontogeny rus. онтогенез …   Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas

  • Ontogeny and Phylogeny (book) — Ontogeny and Phylogeny is Stephen Jay Gould s first technical book, published in 1977 by Belknap, a division of Harvard University Press. Gould wrote that Ernst Mayr suggested in passing that he write the book, but that I only began it as a… …   Wikipedia

  • ontogeny — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1872 the development or course of development especially of an individual organism …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ontogeny — the development from embryo to adult …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • ontogeny — n. [Gr. on, being; genesis, beginning] The development or course of development of an individual organism from zygote to maturity; as distinguished from that of a species; ontogenetic a; see phylogeny …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • ontogeny — The total of the stages of an organism s life history …   Dictionary of molecular biology

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