Homogenesis

[,hәumә'dʒenәsis]

Definition

(n.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.

Editor: Spence

Definition

n. (biol.) a mode of reproduction in which the offspring is like the parent and passes through the same cycle of existence.—adj. Homogenet′ic.

Editor: Murdoch