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Digenesis

Di-gen′e-sis

,
Noun.
[Pref.
di-
+
genesis
.]
(Biol.)
The faculty of multiplying in two ways; – by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See
Parthenogenesis
.

Definition 2024


digenesis

digenesis

English

Noun

digenesis (plural digeneses)

  1. (biology) The alternation of sexual and asexual methods of reproduction.

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