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Ontogenesis (Noun)

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(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; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children".

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Nouns denoting natural processes.

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The development of limbs in vertebrates is a key aspect of ontogenesis as it highlights the morphological changes that occur from embryo to adult stage.
Ontogenesis consists of a sequence of changes in the form and organization of individual organisms over time, reflecting the interplay between genetically determined and environmentally influenced processes.
Although she was a biologist specializing in phylogenetics, her most significant finding came from a study on ontogenesis in plants, revealing a hitherto unknown type of cell division pattern.
To understand the etiology of certain congenital abnormalities, researchers study the process of ontogenesis and its relationship to various genetic mutations and their expression.
The difficulty in comparing the ontogenesis of invertebrates with vertebrates lies in the vastly different body plans and morphological changes that occur in these organisms during their development.

Ontogenesis (Noun)

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