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xenogenesis
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xenogenesis /xeno·gen·e·sis/ (-jen´ĕ-sis)
1. heterogenesis (1).
2. the hypothetical production of offspring unlike either parent.
xen·o·gen·e·sis (zn-jn-ss, zn-)
n.
1. The supposed production of offspring that are markedly different from either parent.
2. See alternation of generations.
xenogenesis
[zen′əjen′əsis]
1 alternation of traits in successive generations; heterogenesis.
2 the theoretic production of offspring that are totally different from both of the parents. xenogenetic, xenogenic, adj.
xenogenesis
1. heterogenesis (1).
2. production of offspring unlike either parent.


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nbsp;trilogy, published from 1987 to 1989 and now collected in the omnibus volume Lilith's Brood, Butler employed the stuff of hard science--biological engineering, interspecies hybrids--to create settings and situations that are both literally and figuratively alien.
The parables of Octavia Butler: a science-fiction writer's rich ... by Sturgis, Amy H. / Reason
99, ISBN 0-446-60363-5; Lilith's Brood, Aspect, August 2000, (Xenogenesis trilogy) #13.
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