Meaning Of The Word Epigenesis

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Epigenesis Meaning

Epigenesis Definition
Epigenesis Definition

What's The Definition Of Epigenesis?

epigenesis in American English
the theory that the embryo, influenced by its internal and external environment, develops progressively by stages, forming structures that were not originally present in the egg
noun: the theory that an embryo develops from the successive differentiation of an originally undifferentiated structure (opposed to preformation)

epigenesis in British English
noun: the widely accepted theory that an individual animal or plant develops by the gradual differentiation and elaboration of a fertilized egg cell

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