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Heterogenesis

Hetˊer-o-gen′e-sis

,
Noun.
[
Hetero-
+
genesis
.]
1.
(Biol.)
Spontaneous generation, so called.
2.
(Biol.)
That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; – opposed to
homogenesis
, or
gamogenesis
.

Definition 2024


heterogenesis

heterogenesis

English

Noun

heterogenesis (plural heterogeneses)

  1. (biology) Abnormal organic development.
  2. (biology) The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle.

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