heterogenesis – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
heterogenesis
n.
abiogenesis, spontaneous generation; reproductive method in which successive generations alternate
heterogenesis
Noun
1. the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
(synonym) alternation of generations, xenogenesis
(hypernym) organic phenomenon
(hyponym) metagenesis, digenesis
Heterogenesis
(n.)
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.
(n.)
Spontaneous generation, so called.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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