ontogeny

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Are there any biologists out there who can give us an idea how these environmental triggers for gene expression and suppression might affect development were they to occur during ontogeny?

From New York Times

Distinct routes of lineage development reshape the human blood hierarchy across ontogeny.

From Nature

Incorporating ontogeny into the matrix: a phylogenetic evaluation of developmental evidence for the origin of modern amphibians.

From Scientific American

The model breaks each island’s ontogeny into two phases: island growth as it accumulates subaerial lava flows, and island decline as the island loses area through subsidence and erosion.

From Nature

The book concludes with a mammoth 120-page chapter recapitulating the ontogeny of his thought.

From Nature