ontogenesis in English

noun
1
the development of an individual organism or anatomical or behavioral feature from the earliest stage to maturity.
Shepard proposes that humans go through eight stages of ontogenesis in their first twenty years of life.

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1. The ontogenesis of the flower supports the conception that a stamen fascicle is a branched stamen.

2. The electric polarization patterns existing in the appendicular skeleton of the Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves and Mammalia, and the changes they undergo in the course of ontogenesis, have been made the object of detailed investigations.

3. Anthesis: 1 n the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms Synonyms: blossoming , efflorescence , florescence , flowering , inflorescence Type of: development , growing , growth , maturation , ontogenesis , ontogeny (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events

4. The exact connection between “von Baer’s law” and Anaboly consists in that Anaboly taking place when the last stages of morphogenesis of a certain organ, which are similar to the adult organ in the ancestor, are completed by addition of new stages to their ontogenesis

5. The exact connection between ''von Baer's law'' and Anaboly consists in the fact that Anaboly takes place when the last stages of morphogenesis of a certain organ, which are similar to the adult organ in the ancestor, are completed by added new stages of ontogenesis (Sewertzoff,'31,p