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pan·gen·esis (pan jen′ə sis)

noun

a former hypothesis of heredity in which each unit or cell of the body throws off very minute particles (pangenes) into the blood which circulate freely, undergo division, and are collected in the reproductive cells as the units of hereditary transmission

Etymology: ModL: see pan- & -genesis

pangenesis Related Forms

pan′·ge·net′·ic (-jə net′ik) adjective

Browse dictionary entries near pangenesis

  1. ‹ Pangea
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  7. ‹ panelist
  8. ‹ paneling
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  10. ‹ panel switch
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