epigenesis
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noun
- The theory that an organism develops by differentiation from an unstructured egg rather than by simple enlarging of something preformed.
- Changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation.
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preformationepigenesistpalingenesisepigenistperigenesisembryogenyepigeneticistembryonizationectogenesisembryogenesisembryogonypolygenesisabiogenesisunigenesismorphogenesisxenogenesis