kinetogenesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The neo-Lamarckian doctrine or hypothesis that animal structures have been produced, directly or indirectly, by animal movements.

Word forms

kinetogenesis

Etymology

From kineto- + genesis, coined by Edward Drinker Cope.

Related words

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