ontogenesis
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There has been no dearth of attacks—often violent attacks—on my conception of an intimate causal connection between ontogenesis and phylogenesis; but no other satisfactory explanation of these important phenomena has yet been offered to us.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
"We also believe," he added, growing bolder, "in the fundamental, biogenetic law that ontogenesis is an abridged repetition of philogenesis."
From Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch by Martin, Helen Reimensnyder
It summarises the history of species; ontogenesis, we are told, reproduces phylogenesis.
From A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson by Benson, Vincent
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)
