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biogenesis /ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs /noun [mass noun]1The synthesis of substances by living organisms.Finally, essential processes such as transcription, translation, protein trafficking, organelle biogenesis, and secretion are likely to influence iron metabolism to different degrees and in different ways....- Furthermore, cholesterol is required for macromolecular synthesis and cell growth as well as for membrane biogenesis in this microorganism.
- The biogenesis of microtubules in vivo consists of a cascade of sequential reactions.
1.1 historical The hypothesis that living matter arises only from other living matter.In 1870, he returned to the question and coined the term "abiogenesis" to contrast to "biogenesis", the doctrine that all life arises from life....- Needham became a strong advocate of spontaneous generation, and performed an experiment that he felt supported his belief in biogenesis.
- Against all odds, however, Redi, strong with the strength of demonstrable fact, did splendid battle for Biogenesis; but it is remarkable that he held the doctrine in a sense which, if he had lived in these times, would have infallibly caused him to be classed among the defenders of "spontaneous generation."
Derivativesbiogenetic /ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)dʒəˈnɛtɪk / adjective ...- With biogenetic engineering and cloning on the horizon, reinvention will reach a new level.
- Tying this in with Watson's cosmological biogenetic theory (that life began on earth from meteorite impacts carrying biological material), all we're doing is beefing bacteria to be more hardy and efficient in this process.
- This biogenetic hypothesis indicates an alternative pathway to produce these metabolites, leading to a new class of indole alkaloids.
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