cenogenesis
[sē′nō jen′ə sis, sen′ō-]
noun
the development of structures in the embryonic or larval stage of an organism that are adaptive and do not appear in the evolutionary history of its group
Origin: ceno- (; from Classical Greek kainos: see -cene) plush -genesis
Related Forms:
- cenogenetic adjective
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