Definition of KAINOGENESIS

kainogenesis

Meanings

Noun

  • introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
  • Alternative form of caenogenesis.

Antonyms

palingenesis

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