Definition of Ontogenies

1. Noun. (plural of ontogeny) ¹

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Definition of Ontogenies

1. ontogeny [n] - See also: ontogeny

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ontogenies

onsteads
onstream
ontake
ontario
ontic
ontically
onto
onto-
onto land
ontogeneses
ontogenesis
ontogenetic
ontogenetically
ontogenic
ontogenic homeostasis
ontogenies (current term)
ontogeny
ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
ontologic
ontological
ontological argument
ontological arguments
ontological proof
ontological shock
ontologically
ontologies
ontologism
ontologisms
ontologist
ontologists

Literary usage of Ontogenies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Analysis of Racial Descent in Animals by Thomas Harrison Montgomery (1906)
"B. COMPARISON OF WHOLE ontogenies The unit of study in phylogeny should be the whole organism, ... ontogenies."

2. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"It will appear from what has just been said that some ontogenies may be fairly ... The comparable units are then entire ontogenies, and these resemble one ..."

3. The Recapitulation Theory and Human Infancy by Percy Erwin Davidson (1914)
"existing ontogenies; more especially particular structures were often retained through long periods of time with considerable faithfulness. ..."

4. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"The comparable units are then entire ontogenies, and these resemble one another in ... Thus in nearly related species the ontogenies are very similar; ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"The reader might be led to believe that many of these animals do not have ontogenies! It may be fairly asked, how can any one form a good concept of an ..."

6. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1909)
"... of each individual tends to repeat exactly the ontogenies of all its ancestors, has presented itself ..."

7. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals: A by Gilbert Charles Bourne, Arthur Bolles Lee (1902)
"This close correspondence between the developmental histories or ontogenies of the members of different classes of vertebrates affords one of the strongest ..."

8. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1908)
"NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. early ontogenies. Yet I think this is the only interpretation we can put upon the facts. With our present knowledge of ..."

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