"ontogenetic pattern" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the development or growth pattern of an organism from its birth or conception to its full maturity. Example: The researchers studied the ontogenetic pattern of the frog's metamorphosis from tadpole to adult, noting the changes in its physical appearance and behavior.
We found POMC expression in both fetal tissues, but no statistically significant ontogenetic pattern of expression.
Providing that the fifth and ninth specimen represent the same species or that we are observing the shared generic ontogenetic pattern, their marked differential vascular density scaling inversely with body size would indicate disparate ontogenetic stages for these individuals.
The tilapia ontogenetic pattern differs significantly from what we see for the Lake Malawi cichlids.
Species from the sand-dwelling clade (D. compressiceps and Tramitichromis intermedius) show a different ontogenetic pattern of opsin expression.
The second scenario, positing an ontogenetic pattern change, may be more parsimonious and is favoured by some of the evidence from this study.
Differences in visual sensitivities among species of Lake Malawi cichlids arise through heterochronic shifts relative to the ontogenetic pattern of the tilapia outgroup.
Fink, W. L. (1988) Phylogenetic analysis and the detection of ontogenetic patterns.
Beaudreau, A. H. & Essington, T. E. Spatial, temporal, and ontogenetic patterns of predation on rockfishes by lingcod.
Finally, ontogenetic patterning of bones in response to mechanical loading is reviewed.This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Muscle Bone Interactions".
Moreover, the changes we observed in visitors' reasoning are consistent with both historical (Mayr 1982; Quammen 2006) and ontogenetic patterns of change (Evans 2000; Legare et al. 2012).
The similarity of ontogenetic patterns of facial remodeling between Paranthropus and H. sapiens has been recognised before [31] but previously it has not been linked with sex.
