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monogenesis

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mon=o=gen=e=sis

CIDE DICTIONARY

monogenesisn. [Mono- + genesis.].
  •  Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism.  Dana. Haeckel.  [1913 Webster]
  •  That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction.  Haeckel.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to metagenesis.  E. van Beneden.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

monogenesis, n. (also monogeny)
1 the theory of the development of all beings from a single cell.
2 the theory that mankind descended from one pair of ancestors.

Derivative
monogenetic adj.

ROGET THESAURUS

monogenesis

Production

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