Monogenesis

Monogenesis
Monogenesis Mon`o*gen"e*sis, n. [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. [1913 Webster]

2. (Biol.) 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. [1913 Webster]

3. (Biol.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to {metagenesis}. --E. van Beneden. [1913 Webster]


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  • monogenesis — monogenesis. См. бесполое размножение. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • monogenesis — monogenesis. = asexual reproduction (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Monogenĕsis — (griech.), Abstammung der Menschen oder andrer Lebewesen von Einem Paar …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Monogenesis — Monogenism (monogenesis) is the theory of human origins which posits a single origin for all human races. For the belief that all humans are descended from Adam, see Polygenism. Monogenesis may refer to: Recent African origin of modern humans… …   Wikipedia

  • monogenesis — noun /mɒnəˈʤɛnəsɪs/ a) The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple. , 2003: Some held that negritude was a product of living under the tropical sun, a perhaps beneficial adaptation to a fierce climate – an… …   Wiktionary

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  • Monogenesis (linguistics) — In linguistics, monogenesis refers to the doctrine that all spoken human languages are descended from a single ancestral language spoken many thousands of years ago in the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. The first serious scientific attempt to… …   Wikipedia

  • Monogénesis y poligénesis lingüística — La monogénesis y la poligénesis lingüísticas son dos hipótesis alternativas sobre el origen filogenético de las lenguas humanas. De acuerdo con la monogénesis el lenguaje humano surgió una sola vez en una única comunidad, y todas las lenguas… …   Wikipedia Español

  • monogenesis — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1859 origin of diverse individuals or kinds (as of language) by descent from a single ancestral individual or kind …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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