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orthogenetic, a.|ˌɔːθəʊdʒɛˈnɛtɪk|
[f. prec.; see -genetic.]
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by orthogenesis. Also transf. Hence orthogeˈnetically adv.
1899H. Gadow in Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. X. 35 (title) Orthogenetic variation in the shells of Chelonia. Ibid. 37 Since these variations all lie in the direct line of descent..I call this kind of atavistic variation orthogenetic. 1911J. Ward Realm of Ends xvii. 383 Can we conceive this world evolving orthogenetically, as a biologist would say? 1927Haldane & Huxley Animal Biol. xi. 253 The orthogenetic series can be perfectly well explained by natural selection. Ibid., The extinct cephalopod molluscs..often evolved orthogenetically into the most bizarre forms. 1930W. R. Inge Christian Ethics & Mod. Probl. i. 13, I shall not maintain that the evolution of Christianity has been..orthogenetic. 1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleol. xiii. 198 Biospeleologists..are more interested in orthogenetic evolution which proceeds in a parallel manner, in different phyletic lines. 1973Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. CXXIII. 231 In its most general sense, Werner's theory of development centers on his orthogenetic principle. |