ontogenesis

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Or, briefly stated, ontogenesis, or the embryonic development of the individual, is a brief recapitulation of phylogenesis, or the ancestral development of the phylum or group.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

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

From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur

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

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 summarises the history of species; ontogenesis, we are told, reproduces phylogenesis.

From A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson by Benson, Vincent