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Meaning of CAINOGENESIS
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Definition:
[n]
introduction
during
embryonic
development
of
characters
or
structure
not
present
in
the
earlier
evolutionary
history
of
the
strain
or
species
(
as
addition
of
the
placenta
in
mammalian
evolution
)
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Synonyms:
caenogenesis
,
cenogenesis
,
kainogenesis
,
kenogenesis
Antonyms:
palingenesis
,
recapitulation
See Also:
development
,
growing
,
growth
,
maturation
,
ontogenesis
,
ontogeny
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