ontogenic
- adjective
- /ˌɒntəˈdʒɛnɪk/
- Specialized
:
ontogénico
- Researchers are examining ontogenic patterns in fish to track their growth stages and environmental adaptations.
Examples
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The study of ontogenic changes helps scientists understand how organisms evolve from embryos to adults.
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The efficiency of the use of feed to yield mariculture products varies across taxa, ontogenic status, and the protein content of the food.
Academic text (2009) -
It is our history of recurrent interactions that makes possible our ontogenic structural drift in a structural coupling that affords interpersonal coordination of actions; this takes place in a world we share because we have specified it together through our actions.
Academic text (2006) -
Meanwhile, he's approaching the control of the powdery mildew fungus by studying how and why resistance occurs at certain stages of host development—a feature known as "ontogenic resistance."
Academic text (2006) -
Understanding ontogenic development is crucial for improving practices in agriculture and aquaculture.
Synonyms
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4.4
Relating to the way something grows or changes over time, often in children and animals
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9.9
Relating to how an animal or plant grows from young to an adult
How Developed
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
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7.0
3
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ontogenic comes from Greek parts: onto- meaning 'being' or 'organism' and -genic from genesis meaning 'origin' or 'birth'. So, ontogenic describes the origin and development of a single living thing from its first stage to adulthood.