Ontophylogenesis merges the concepts of Ontogenesis and Phylogenesis to yield Darwinian theory at the cellular level.[1]

Described by its originator Jean-Jacques Kupiec as "the extension of natural selection, taking place inside the organism among the cell populations of which it is constituted. It ends with evolution and ontogenesis merging into a single phenomenon."[2]

Hierarchical analysis of ontogenetic time describing heterochrony and taxonomy of developmental stages is viewed as a segmentation of ontogenetic time depicting phylogenesis.[3] This permits the graphical depiction of time based evolutions of organs for a set of species, and is consistent with accepted theories of evolutionary biology.[4]

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  1. ^ Kupiec, Jean-Jacques. "A Darwinian theory for the origin of cellular differentiation." Molecular and General Genetics 255, no. 2 (1997): 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004380050490
  2. ^ Kupiec, Jean-Jacques. The origin of individuals. World Scientific, 2009.
  3. ^ Lecointre, G., Schnell, N.K. & Teletchea, F. Hierarchical analysis of ontogenetic time to describe heterochrony and taxonomy of developmental stages. Sci Rep 10, 19732 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76270-4
  4. ^ Moczek, A. P. Towards a theory of development through a theory of developmental evolution. In Towards a Theory of Development (pp 218–226) (eds Minelli, A. & Pradeu, T.) (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199671427.003.0014.