syngenesis
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syngenesis (uncountable)
- (genetics) The genetic origin of an individual derived from material from both parents (by sexual reproduction).
- Descent from a common ancestor.
- (historical, biology) The theory that the germ formed by the union of spermatozoon and ovum contains the germs of all future generations.
- Coordinate term: epigenesis