Kenogenesis and Ontogeny

Kenogenesis noun - Introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution).

Ontogeny and kenogenesis are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ontogeny" instead a noun "Kenogenesis".

Ontogeny noun - (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.

Kenogenesis and ontogeny are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Kenogenesis" with "Ontogeny", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Word: ontogenesis