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kenogenesis

N การ เกิด ลักษณะ ใหม่  cenogenesis

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KENOGENESIS

Ken `o *gen "e *sis, n. Etym: [Gr. genesis. ] (Biol.)

 

Defn: Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis. [Written also cænogenesis.]