biogenetical

Variant of biogenesis

biogenesis definition

bio·gen·esis (bī′ō jen′ə sis)

noun

  1. the principle that living organisms originate only from other living organisms closely similar to themselves
  2. the generation of organisms in this way

Etymology: bio- + -genesis

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