Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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kainogenesis | Yes | No | No | No |
ontogenesis | Yes | No | No | No |
kainogenesis (noun) | ontogenesis (noun) |
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introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level |