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Definition of "metagenesis" []

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "metagenesis" in a sentence
  • "But stress-induced metagenesis does cause mutations."
  • "Under no circumstances would I even think of stress-induced metagenesis as being responsible from an environmental perspective in causing mutations."
  • "We must, however, not forget that we possess the wonderful analogy of ontogeny (individual development) and above all, the fact of mutation and of metagenesis."