ontogenesis

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"We also believe," he added, growing bolder, "in the fundamental, biogenetic law that ontogenesis is an abridged repetition of philogenesis."

From Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch by Martin, Helen Reimensnyder

But these efforts were so seriously marred by ignorance of comparative anatomy, an imperfect acquaintance with ontogenesis, and a complete neglect of phylogenesis, that they could not have more than a passing success.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

But ontogenesis would have furnished us with facts no less cogent.

From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur

This exceedingly important larval form, the "gastrula," makes its appearance in the ontogenesis of all tribes of animals.

From Was Man Created? by Mott, Henry A. (Henry Augustus)

It is naturally no easy matter to trace the ontogenesis of the herd instinct.

From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Freud, Sigmund