'Monogenesis' definitions:
Definition of 'monogenesis'
(from WordNet)
noun
Asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores [syn: monogenesis, sporulation]
Definition of 'Monogenesis'
From: GCIDE
- Monogenesis \Mon`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Mono- + genesis.]
- 1. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism. --Dana. --Haeckel. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Biol.) That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. --Haeckel. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Biol.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to metagenesis. --E. van Beneden. [1913 Webster]