Epigenesis

Word EPIGENESIS
Character 10
Hyphenation ep i gen e sis
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Definitions and meanings of "Epigenesis"

What do we mean by epigenesis?

The theory that an individual is developed by successive differentiation of an unstructured egg rather than by a simple enlarging of a preformed entity. noun

Change in the mineral content of a rock because of outside influences. noun

The coming into being in the act or process of generation or reproduction; the theory or doctrine of generation in which the germ is held to be actually procreated by the parents, not simply expanded or unfolded or made to grow out of an ovum or spermatozoön in which it preëxisted or had been preformed. noun

In geology, same as metamorphism. noun

In pathology, an accessory symptom; a new symptom that does not indicate a change in the nature of a disease. noun

The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis. noun

The theory that an organism develops by differentiation from an unstructured egg rather than by simple enlarging of something preformed. noun

Changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation noun

A geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed 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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The word "epigenesis" in example sentences

To-day we can scarcely call epigenesis a THEORY, because we are convinced it is a fact, and can demonstrate it at any moment with the aid of the microscope. ❋ Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1876)

Its "epigenesis" is shown to be a literary example of the phases of cell division, with discussions of its prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. ❋ Rothstein, Edward (1979)

This point established, two hypotheses remain: that of 'pre-existence' and that of 'epigenesis'. ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

"epigenesis", viz., that the development of the embryo is real successive production of visible manifoldness, real construction of new parts, goes back to Aristotle. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

(P. 163.) "The doctrine of 'epigenesis' is derived from Harvey: following by ocular inspection the development of the new being in the Windsor does, he saw each part appear successively, and taking the moment of ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

This literature shows that symbiogenesis, interspecific fusions (hybridogenesis, gene transfers of various types, karyotypic fissioning, and other forms of acquisition of "foreign genomes" or epigenesis) are more important than the slow gradual accumulation of mutation or sexual mergers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If preformationism is all about blueprints, epigenesis is about something more like a recipe or a computer program. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

The early history of embryology was riven between two opposing doctrines called preformationism and epigenesis. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

The historical alternative to preformationism is epigenesis. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

The distinction I want to make in this chapter, which largely corresponds to the distinction between preformationism and epigenesis, is the distinction between planned architecture and self-assembly. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

Principles of Development, by Lewis Wolpert and colleagues, describes epigenesis as the idea that new structures arise progressively. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

Suzan Mazur: Then there's epigenesis, where a chemical layer is laid down on top of the genes resulting from various stresses on the organism, and the resulting traits (including disease) can be passed on without changes to the DNA. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whatever ‘epigenetics’ might mean and its enthusiasts cannot seem to agree even with themselves, let alone with each other, all I intend to say about it here is that it is not the same thing as epigenesis. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

* There is a risk that ‘epigenesis’ will be confused with ‘epigenetics’, a modish buzz-word now enjoying its fifteen minutes of fame in the biological community. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

However, as a decade of Bolivarian Revolution can witness, sane human cosmic existence covers our whole historic trajectory, the arduous revolutionary paths of our genesis, epigenesis and synthesis, from where we came, to where we are and to whither we are going. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is a sense in which epigenesis is self-evidently true, but details matter and the devil is in the cliché. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

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