noun
ontogeny; theory of ontogeny
Technical term in biology for the development of an individual organism from embryo to adult. The suffix 論 indicates a theoretical or systematic study.
個体発生論は、生物の発生過程を研究する分野です。
Ontogeny is the field that studies the developmental process of organisms.
この教科書では、個体発生論と系統発生論の関係が詳しく説明されている。
In this textbook, the relationship between ontogeny and phylogeny is explained in detail.
Refers to phylogeny, the evolutionary development of a species, in contrast to 個体発生論 which focuses on individual development.
Compound of 個体 (individual) + 発生 (development) + 論 (theory). The term is a direct translation of the Western biological concept of ontogeny.