Kainogenesis

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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the introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species, such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Kainogenesises
possessive: Kainogenesis's
pluralpossessive: Kainogenesises'

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