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Meaning of HOMOGENESIS

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ho`mo*gen"e*sis\, n. [Homo- + genesis.] (Biol.)
That method of reproduction in which the successive
generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant,
running through the same cycle of existence as the parent;
gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.

 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Reproduction by the same process in succeeding generations. Homogenesis is in contrast to alternation of generations, which occurs for example in all plants. Humans are an example of homogenetic reproduction.
 

 

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