Definition of Heteragenesis
Het`er*o*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Hetero-
+ genesis.] 1. (Biol.)
Spontaneous generation, so called.
2. (Biol.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (biology) Abnormal organic development
- (biology) The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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