syngenesis

syngenesis /syn·gen·e·sis/ (sin-jen´e-sis)

1. the origin of an individual from a germ cell derived from both parents and not from either one alone.

2. the state of having descended from a common ancestor.

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syn·gen·e·sis (sn-jn-ss)

n.

See sexual reproduction.

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synge·netic (-j-ntk) adj.

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syngenesis

1. the origin of an individual from a germ derived from both parents and not from either one alone.

2. the state of having descended from a common ancestor.