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nounintroduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
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genesis spermatogenesis parthenogenesis xenogenesis autogenesis morphogenesis teratogenesis kenogenesis caenogenesis agamogenesis cytogenesis digenesis epigenesis blastogenesis neurogenesis palingenesis agenesis anagenesis anthropogenesis pathogenesis hematogenesis glycogenesis haematogenesis biogenesis heterogenesis gametogenesis ontogenesis oogenesis metagenesis monogenesis