heterogenesis
Noun
Meaning
Spontaneous generation, so called.
That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
alternation of generations
xenogenesis
genesis
development
birth
generation
procreation
monogenesis
parthenogenesis
abiogenesis
biogenesis
epigenesis
cenogenesis
blastogenesis
metagenesis
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