somatogenic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of somatogenic
Example Sentences
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For the present, therefore, we must conclude that feathers are not an adaptation, and not due to somatogenic modification, but must be result of a gametogenic mutation.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
The theory of the heredity of somatogenic modifications is not in opposition to the mutation theory.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
At the same time there are some somatic sex-characters, e.g. in insects and birds, which do not appear to be correlated with changes in the gonads, and which are probably gametogenic, not somatogenic in origin.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
Such disturbances he says, acting on the germ-cells, would be truly somatogenic.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
Most of the characters in domesticated varieties are obviously gametogenic mutations, but the lop-ear in rabbits may be, partly at least, somatogenic.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
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