| Pronunciation: | | `keenow'jenisis
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| | Definition: | | [n] introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) |
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| | Synonyms: | | caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis |
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| | Antonyms: | | palingenesis, recapitulation |
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| | See Also: | | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ken`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. ? new + E. genesis.]
(Biol.)
Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make
their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of
the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; --
distinguished from palingenesis. [Written also
{c[ae]nogenesis}.]
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