a former theory of heredity, that each body cell produces hereditary particles that circulate in the blood before collecting in the reproductive cells
See also blastogenesis (sense 1)
Derived forms
pangenetic (ˌpændʒəˈnɛtɪk)
adjective
pangenetically (ˌpangeˈnetically)
adverb
pangenesis in American English
(pænˈdʒɛnəsɪs)
noun
a former hypothesis of heredity in which each unit or cell of the body throws off very minute particles (pangenes) into the blood which circulate freely, undergo division, and are collected in the reproductive cells as the units of hereditary transmission