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ontogeny: see biogenetic law biogenetic law, in biology, a law stating that the earlier stages of embryos of species advanced in the evolutionary process, such as humans, resemble the embryos of ancestral species, such as fish. ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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Other topics include how fossils illuminate ancient ontogeny, how genetic information is inherited, and how phylogenetic trees convey the evolutionary processes of species. For example, parathion is far more systemically toxic to newborn rats than is chlorpyrifos, in part reflecting pharmacokinetic differences centering around the ontogeny of enzymes activating the parent compounds to the corresponding oxons, compared with the enzymes that break down the oxons to inactive metabolites (Atterberry et al. Content in the premier issue includes a compilation of twenty essays on development, evolution and cognition and how they will interrelate in the future, an historical review of the middle stages of EvoDevo's (evolution, development and genomics) ontogeny, and an article on neuroscience. |
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