kinetogenesis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From kineto- +‎ genesis, coined by Edward Drinker Cope.

Noun[edit]

kinetogenesis (uncountable)

  1. (biology, historical) The neo-Lamarckian doctrine or hypothesis that animal structures have been produced, directly or indirectly, by animal movements.

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