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Introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
Answer for the clue "Introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) ", 11 letters:
kenogenesis
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
cenogenesis \cen`o*gen"e*sis\ n. [Gr. ? new + E. genesis.] (Biol.) The introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian ...
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n. (alternative form of caenogenesis English)
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) [syn: cenogenesis , caenogenesis , cainogenesis , kainogenesis ...