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biogenesis

American  
[bahy-oh-jen-uh-sis] / ˌbaɪ oʊˈdʒɛn ə sɪs /
Also biogeny

noun

  1. the production of living organisms from other living organisms.


biogenesis British  
/ baɪˈɒdʒənəs, ˌbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs /

noun

  1. the principle that a living organism must originate from a parent organism similar to itself Compare abiogenesis

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

biogenesis Scientific  
/ bī′ō-jĕnĭ-sĭs /
  1. Generation of living organisms from other living organisms.


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Etymology

Origin of biogenesis

bio- + genesis, coined by T.H. Huxley in 1870

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The Raible group is currently working on improving the resolution of the observation in order to reveal even more details about bristle biogenesis.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

"The nucleolus is a giant ribosome biogenesis center," Collins said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

Runx1 deficiency decreases ribosome biogenesis and confers stress resistance to hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.

From Nature • Jan. 23, 2018

Take the new album’s lilting country waltz “Nights in the Lab,” an ode to the love that blooms between “two biologists … who process biogenesis and stare into a petri dish.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2017

After more ages, the Great Monad separated into Duality, the Male and Female Principles in nature; and then, by a process of biogenesis, the visible universe was produced.

From Religions of Ancient China by Giles, Herbert Allen

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