homogenesisn.
/hɒməʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ Biology.† 1. Applied to asexual reproduction: see quot. 1858 (Opposed to heterogenesis n. 2) Obsolete.
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adosculation1682
autogeny?1818
gemmation1836
parthenogenesis1849
virgin production1849
rejuvenescence1853
agamogenesis1857
monogeny1857
autogenesis1858
homogenesis1858
proliferation1864
monogenesis1866
swarming1867
paedogenesis1870
monogony1873
virginal generation1879
division1880
monogenesy1890
parthenogeny1890
anisogamy1891
isogamy1891
paragamy1891
separation1891
paedogenesis1892
parthenism1892
heterogamy1894
thelytoky1895
flagellation1898
cytogamy1899
pseudogamy1900
tychoparthenogenesis1900
syngamy1904
pseudogamy1907
ectogenesis1909
paedogamy1910
apomixis1913
progenesis1934
agamospermy1939
mixis1944
somatogamy1949
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1858 E. Lankester & W. B. Carpenter Veg. Physiol. (new ed.) §395 This kind of multiplication of the same parts by a simple process of growth..which..may be called homogenesis.
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2. The ordinary form of sexual reproduction, in which the offspring resembles the parent and passes through the same course of development. (Opposed to heterogenesis n. 3.)
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n.1858