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Definition of Kainogenesis
1. Noun. Introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution).
Exact synonyms: Caenogenesis, Cainogenesis, Cenogenesis, Kenogenesis
Generic synonyms: Development, Growing, Growth, Maturation, Ontogenesis, Ontogeny
Derivative terms: Cenogenetic
Antonyms: Palingenesis
Generic synonyms: Development, Growing, Growth, Maturation, Ontogenesis, Ontogeny
Derivative terms: Cenogenetic
Antonyms: Palingenesis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kainogenesis
Literary usage of Kainogenesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"... toset forth additional evidence for the ' Principe der Organogenese,' already
enunciated in the author's work on ' kainogenesis als Ausdruck differenter ..."
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