heterogenetic
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Another is the possibility of a descent by leaps, through a metamorphosis of germs or a heterogenetic generation.
From The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by G. A. Zimmermann
This shows that its author believed in the possibility of the "superior organic forms," like the mastodon, megatherium, etc. from the "heterogenetic elements"--those undergoing every conceivable change--as well as the "inferior forms."
From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright
For even in case of its failure, a descent of one species from another through heterogenetic generation is certainly very possible.
From The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by G. A. Zimmermann
The real causes of such a heterogenetic generation, if it took place at all, have not yet been found; therefore we have to treat only of the abstract possibilities of its conceivableness.
From The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by G. A. Zimmermann
But how his "sum-total of external conditions," acting upon dead matter, can "engender" living matter, is one of those "related heterogenetic phenomena" which he does not condescend to explain.
From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright
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