Definitions for: Kainogenesis


[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)



Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kenogenesis

Antonyms: palingenesis, recapitulation

See Also: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

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