cenogenetic

Variant of cenogenesis

cenogenesis definition

ce·no·gen·esis (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

Etymology: ceno- (< Gr kainos: see -cene) + -genesis

Related Forms:

  • cenogenetic ce′·no·ge·net′ic (-jə net′ik) adjective

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