monogenesis

monogenesis
1. The production of similar organisms in each generation. 2. The production of young by one parent only, as in nonsexual generation and parthenogenesis. 3. The process of parasitizing a single host, in which the life cycle of the parasite is passed; e.g., Boophilus annulatus, the one-host cattle tick, or certain trematodes of the order Monogenea. [mono- + G. genesis, origin, production]

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mono·gen·e·sis (mon″o-jenґə-sis) [mono- + -genesis] 1. asexual reproduction. 2. oneness of origin.

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 (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

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  • 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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