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monogenesis

N การ สืบ สายเลือด จาก ชาย หญิง คู่ เดียว เท่านั้น การ สืบ สายเลือด ของ สิ่งมีชีวิต จาก เซล เดียว เท่านั้น

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MONOGENESIS

Mon `o *gen "e *sis, n. Etym: [Mono- + genesis. ]

1. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism. Dana. Haeckel.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc. , which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. Haeckel.

3. (Biol.)

Defn: The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to metagenesis. E. van Beneden.

New American Oxford Dictionary

monogenesis

mon o gen e sis |ˌmänəˈjenəsəs ˌmɑnoʊˈʤɛnəsəs | ▶noun the theory that humans are all descended from a single pair of ancestors. Also called monogeny. • Linguistics the hypothetical origination of language or of a surname from a single source at a particular place and time. DERIVATIVES mon o ge net ic |-jəˈnetik |adjective

Oxford Dictionary

monogenesis

monogenesis |ˌmɒnə (ʊ )ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the theory that humans are all descended from a single pair of ancestors. Also called monogeny. • Linguistics the hypothetical origination of language or of a surname from a single source at a particular place and time. DERIVATIVES monogenetic |-dʒɪˈnɛtɪk |adjective

Duden Dictionary

Monogenesis

Mo no ge ne sis Substantiv, feminin Biologie , die Monogenese |Monog e nesis |die Monogenesis; Genitiv: der Monogenesis 1 ohne Plural Theorie von der Herleitung jeder gegebenen Gruppe von Lebewesen aus je einer gemeinsamen Urform 2 ungeschlechtliche Fortpflanzung