Ontogeny describes the entire life history of an organism from fertilization to death. It includes not only embryonic and prenatal development but also postnatal growth and development. That patterns of ontogeny can provide fascinating insights into...

(from Greek, ontos: to be, genesis: creation) Ontogeny means the DEVELOPMENT of an individual (though note that in customary use, ontogeny makes reference to the development of a whole individual while ontogenesis is taken typically to refer to the...

Ontogeny (also ontogenesis or morphogenesis) describes the origin and the development of an organism from the fertilized egg to its mature form. Ontogeny is studied in developmental biology, developmental psychology, and developmental psychobiology. In...