Mention one significant difference between ontogeny and phylogeny… - Vidyadip

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Mention one significant difference between ontogeny and phylogeny.

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Ontogeny: Ontogeny is embryonic development, i.e. the origin and development of an organism from an embryo to an adult.
Phylogeny: Phylogeny is ancestral history, i.e. the evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms.

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