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Meaning of ontogenetic in English:

ontogenetic

Pronunciation /ˌɒntə(ʊ)dʒɪˈnɛtɪk/

adjective

Biology

See ontogenesis

‘The activational effects of sex-limited steroids buffer male and female phenotypes from ontogenetic conflict.’
  • ‘Extant birds are the most appropriate models for understanding the ontogenetic and phylogenetic development of PSP in sauropods.’
  • ‘Thus, there is no mechanism of ontogenetic developmental concrescence, just differentiation.’
  • ‘This phenomenon owes its existence to both phylogenetic and ontogenetic naturalistic processes.’
  • ‘During its ontogenetic growth, an organism would experience various developmental events.’