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For the first book of the Bible, see Book of 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. Examples *abiogenesis refers to the theory of a chemical origin of life *aerogenesis refers to the formation of gas *angiogenesis refers to the formation of new blood vessels *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 *morphogenesis refers to the differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism) *oogenesis the formation of human egg cells *orthogenesis refers to the outdated theory that life has a driving force towards better survival skills. :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 *teratogenesis refers to congenital malformations *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 See Also
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