What Is Ontogeny in Biology?

The process of individual development from a single cell, an egg cell or a zygote, to an adult organism is known as ontogeny.

What means ontogeny?

: the development or course of development especially of an individual organism.

What does ontogenetic mean in biology?

Ontogeny is the development of a single individual, or a system within the individual, from the fertilized egg to maturation and death.1.

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