somatogenic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of somatogenic
Example Sentences
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The real problem, then, is the sex-limited heredity, and we shall consider later whether in this kind of heredity also there are characters of internal as well as external origin, blastogenic as well as somatogenic.
From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
I have endeavoured to find a case which would not be open to the above criticism—that is, to find a character which could be considered somatogenic and which was absent in a closely allied variety.
From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
Adaptations are due to somatogenic modifications, non-adaptive diagnostic characters to gametogenic mutations.
From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
Such disturbances he says, acting on the germ-cells, would be truly somatogenic.
From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
It has been the main argument of this volume that there are two distinct kinds of characters in all organisms—namely, those of somatogenic origin and those of gametogenic origin.
From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
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