heterogenesis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: heterogenesis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for heterogenesis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterogenesis n the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal Synonym(s): alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heterogenesis \Het`erogen"e*sis\, n. [Hetero- + genesis.] 1. (Biol.) Spontaneous generation, so called. 2. (Biol.) 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}.