Phylogenesis vs. Ontogenesis

Phylogenesis vs. Ontogenesis — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Phylogenesis and Ontogenesis

Phylogenesisnoun

Evolutionary development of a species.

Ontogenesisnoun

the generation and development of an individual organism by the characteristic process of ontogeny associated with its species.

Phylogenesisnoun

(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

Ontogenesisnoun

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level;

he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
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