单词 | autogony |
释义 | autogonyn. Biology. Now chiefly historical. The coming into being of living organisms from non-living matter; spontaneous generation. Cf. autogeny n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [noun] > spontaneous spontaneous generation1656 equivocal generation1658 heterogeny1863 autogeny1867 abiogenesis1870 autogony1870 archebiosis1872 abiogeny1874 archigony1876 plasmogeny1876 plasmogony1904 biopoesis1953 1870 Proc. Linn. Soc. 1867–8 p. lxix, in Jrnl. Linn. Soc.: Zool. 10 As to the question of the autogony, spontaneous generation, or original formation of simple organisms out of inorganic matter..the whole appears to me to be so purely speculative..that [etc.]. 1904 J. McCabe tr. E. Haeckel Wonders of Life xv. 369 I distinguished two principal stages—autogony [Ger. Autogonie] (the formation of the first living matter from inorganic nitrogenous carbon-compounds) and plasmogony [Ger. Plasmogonie] (the formation of the first individualised plasm; the earliest organic individuals in the form of monera). 2001 F. Raulin-Cerceau in J. Chela-Flores et al. First Steps Origin Life Universe 41 The primordial Monera arose by autogony as a result of forces inherent in matter present in primeval seas. 2004 F. Raulin-Cerceau in J. Seckbach Origins i. 22 This discovery seemed to consolidate the possibility of a present-day life emergence from chemical elements by autogony in very deep oceans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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