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het⋅er⋅o⋅gen⋅e⋅sis

  [het-er-uh-jen-uh-sis]
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–noun Biology.
1. Also, het⋅er⋅og⋅e⋅ny  [het-uh-roj-uh-nee] . alternation of generations, esp. the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
2. abiogenesis.
Origin:
1850–55; hetero- + -genesis
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Main Entry: het·ero·gen·e·sis
Pronunciation: "het-&-rO-'jen-&-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural het·ero·gen·e·ses /-"sEz/
1 : ABIOGENESIS
2 : ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS
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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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