What is "xenogenesis"

Xenogenesis \Xen`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. xe`nos a stranger + E. genesis.] (Biol.)

1. Same as Heterogenesis.

2. The fancied production of an organism of one kind by an organism of another.
   --Huxley.

n. 1 A foreign origin or source. 2 (context biology English) The production of an offspring that is unlike either of its parents.

n. the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal [syn: alternation of generations, heterogenesis]

Xenogenesis may refer to:

• Xenogenesis (film), a 1978 short film by James Cameron
• Xenogenesis, a proposed designation for the process of introducing laboratory-designed genes
• Xenogenesis, a collection of three science fiction volumes also known as Lilith's Brood
• Xenogenesis, a song by TheFatRat.

Xenogenesis is a 1978 American science fiction short film that was the directorial debut of James Cameron.