-genesis
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For the first book of the Bible, see Genesis.
-genesis, from Greek "γεννισις", origin, creation, generation, is a suffix that denotes creation. Related to genos, meaning "race, birth, descent" and genus which shows a relation from the same origin.
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- abiogenesis refers to the theory of a chemical origin of life
- aerogenesis refers to the formation of gas
- anthropogenesis refers to the origin and development of humanity
- baryogenesis refers to the generic designation for the hypothetical physical processes that generated an asymmetry between baryons and anti-baryons in the very early universe.
- see also Quantum field theory, Cosmology and Statistical physics
- biogenesis refers to:
- the theory that only a living organism can produce another living organism
- the creation of living organisms from other living organisms
- the supposed recurrence of a species' evolutionary stages during embryonic development, see palingenesis and recapitulation theory
- see also biosynthesis and origin of life
- caenogenesis is the introduction of characters or structure not present during the organism's species' evolution during the embryonic stage, as opposed to palingenesis
- cariogenesis refers to the production of dental caries
- chromogenesis refers to the production of coloring matter or pigment
- cosmogenesis refers to the origin and development of the cosmos
- gamogenesis refers to the act of process of sexual reproduction
- gynogenesis is when an egg is activated by a sperm without the fusion of the egg and sperm nuclei
- karyogenesis refers to the formation of the nucles of a cell
- ketogenesis refers to the production of ketone bodies as occurs in diabetes
- merogenesis refers to reproduction by segmentation
- orthogenesis refers to the colllapsed theory that all life has an "inner driving force"
- see also evolution and Lamarckism
- palingenesis refers to the recurrence of a species' evolutionary stages during embryonic development
- parthenogenesis refers to a form of asexual reproduction whereby an unfertilised egg develops into a new individual
- progenesis refers to the attainment of sexual maturity in its larval state
- spermatogenesis is the process by which stem cells develop into mature spermatozoon (sperm)
- symbiogenesis refers to the merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism
- synaptogenesis refers to the creation of new synapses
- thermogenesis is the process of heat production.
- ureagenesis refers to the formation of urea, especially the metabolism of amino acids to urea. Also called ureapoiesis.
- virogenesis refers to the production or formation of a virus
- zygogenesis refers to forms of reproduction involving the formation of a zygote
