homoeogenesis
Meanings
noun
- Production of living offspring between organisms belonging to the same species.
- Community of ancestry or origin.
Word forms
Etymology
From homoe- + -o- + -genesis, from Ancient Greek: ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind”, “similar”) in conjunction with γένεσις (génesis, “origin, beginning, creation”).
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