autogenesis

au·to·gen·e·sis

A0535000 (ô′tō-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs) also au·tog·e·ny (ô-tŏj′ə-nē)n. See abiogenesis.

au′to·ge·ne′tic (-jə-nĕt′ĭk) adj.au′to·ge·net′i·cal·ly adv.

autogenesis

(ˌɔːtəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs) or

autogeny

n (Biology) another word for abiogenesis¹ autogenetic adj

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Noun

autogenesis - a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matterabiogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generationorganic phenomenon - (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals

Autogenesis

autogenesis

[¦ȯd·ō·′jen·ə·səs] (biology) abiogenesis

Autogenesis

the idealistic doctrine that strives to explain the evolution of organisms as resulting from the action of inherent factors alone. Elements of autogenesis were present in the theory of J. B. Lamarck. The idea of autogenesis was elaborated more consistently by the zoologists K. Baer, A. Kölliker, and L. S. Berg, the botanists K. Nägeli and S. I. Korzhinskii, the paleontologist E. Cope, and the ǵeneticists H. de Vries and Iu. A. Filipchenko. The conjectured inherent factor of development is sometimes called the “principle of perfection” (Nägeli) and sometimes the “force of growth,” or “bath-mism” (Cope). Autogenesis opposed the materialistic theory of evolution which is based on natural selection. C. Darwin, A. Weismann, K. A. Timiriazev, A. N. Severtsov, and other Darwinist biologists have made valid criticisms of autogenesis.

REFERENCE

Istoriia evoliutsionnykh uchenii v biologii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1966.

L. IA. BLIAKHER

autogenesis

[aw″to-jen´ĕ-sis] self-generation; origination within the organism. adj., adj autogenet´ic, autog´enous.

au·to·gen·e·sis

(aw'tō-jen'ĕ-sis), 1. The origin of living matter within the organism itself. 2. In bacteriology, the process by which vaccine is made from bacteria obtained from the patient's own body. [auto- + G. genesis, production]

autogenesis

(ô′tō-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs) also

autogeny

(ô-tŏj′ə-nē)n. See abiogenesis.

au′to·ge·ne′tic (-jə-nĕt′ĭk) adj.au′to·ge·net′i·cal·ly adv.

au·to·gen·e·sis

(aw'tō-jen'ĕ-sis) 1. The origin of living matter within the organism itself. 2. In bacteriology, the process by which vaccine is made from bacteria obtained from the patient's own body. [auto- + G. genesis, production]

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noun a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter

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