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Definition of Monogenesis

1. Noun. Asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores.

Definition of Monogenesis

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

Definition of Monogenesis

1. Noun. (anthropology) The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple. ¹

2. Noun. (linguistics) The theory that all languages, or a particular set of languages, originated from a single source. ¹

3. Noun. The emergence from a single cause. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Monogenesis

1. [n -GENESES]

Medical Definition of Monogenesis

1. 1. Oneness of origin; especially. Development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; opposed to polygenesis. Synonym: monism. 2. 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. 3. The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; opposed to metagenesis. Origin: Mono- + genesis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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