Meaning Of The Word Pangenesis

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pangenesis in American English
a former hypothesis of heredity in which each unit or cell of the body throws off very minute particles (pangenes) into the blood which circulate freely, undergo division, and are collected in the reproductive cells as the units of hereditary transmission
noun: the theory that a reproductive cell contains gemmules or invisible germs that were derived from the individual cells from every part of the organism and that these gemmules are the bearers of hereditary attributes

pangenesis in British English
noun: a former theory of heredity, that each body cell produces hereditary particles that circulate in the blood before collecting in the reproductive cells

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