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monogenesis |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Monogenesis \Mon`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Mono- + genesis.] 1. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to {polygenesis}. Called also {monism}. --Dana. --Haeckel. 2. (Biol.) 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. 3. (Biol.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to {metagenesis}. --E. van Beneden From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: monogenesis n : asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores [syn: {sporulation}]
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