heterogenesis

[het-er-uh-jen-uh-sis]

het·er·o·gen·e·sis

[het-er-uh-jen-uh-sis]
noun Biology.
1.
Also, het·er·og·e·ny [het-uh-roj-uh-nee] . alternation of generations, especially the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.

Origin:
1850–55; hetero- + -genesis
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Heterogenesis is always a great word to know.
So is cell. Does it mean:
a microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic material enclosed by a semipermeable membrane, the basic structural unit of all organisms
any modern theory of evolution holding that species evolve by natural selection acting on genetic variation
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World English Dictionary
heterogenesis (ˌhɛtərəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs)
 
n
alternation of generations another name for abiogenesis
 
heterogenetic
 
adj
 
hetero'genic
 
adj
 
heteroge'netically
 
adv

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Medical Dictionary

heterogenesis het·er·o·gen·e·sis (hět'ə-rō-jěn'ĭ-sĭs)
n.
The production of offspring unlike the parents.

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