epigenesis

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Synonyms: eugenesis, epigenetic, epigenetics, digenesis, epigenesist, perigenesis, ovigenesis, epigenesists, erogenesis, exogenesis, unigenesis

Antonyms: eugenesis, epigenetic, epigenetics, digenesis, epigenesist, perigenesis, ovigenesis, epigenesists, erogenesis, exogenesis, unigenesis

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|biology}} The theory that an [[organism]] develops by [[differentiation]] from an [[unstructured]] [[egg]] rather than by simple [[enlarging]] of something [[preformed]].
2. {{lb|en|geology}} [[change|Change]]s in the [[mineral]] [[content]] of [[rock]] after its [[formation]].

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