A description of the life history of the typical individual of a particular species from a zygote to sexual maturity. Ontogenesis is sometimes used interchangeably, but at other times taken to refer to the life history of a particular individual.
See Development, Evolutionary biology, Jacob-Monod operon model, Ontogenetic adaptation, Ontogenetic development, Ossification, Phylogeny, Recapitulation theory (or biogenetic law), Species, Zygote