Look up: Epigenesis

1. epigenesis
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ep′i-jen′ĕ-sis Definitions: 1. Development of offspring from a zygote. 2. Regulation of the expression of gene activity without alteration of genetic structure.
   Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio
   
   
2. epigenesis
   [n] - a geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
3. epigenesis
   The theory that development is a process of gradual increase in complexity as opposed to the preformationist view that supposed that mere increase in size was sufficient to produce adult from embryo.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib
   
   
4. Epigenesis
   Ep`i·gen'e·sis noun [ Prefix epi- + genesis .] (Biol.) The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution , also to syngenesis .
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/55
   
   
5. epigenesis
   <biology> The theory that development is a process of gradual increase in complexity as opposed to the preformationist view that supposed that mere increase in size was sufficient to produce adult from embryo. ... (07 May 1998) ...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
6. epigenesis
   noun a geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed
   Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
   
   
7. epigenesis
   (ep″ĭ-jen´ә-sis) the development of an organism from an undifferentiated cell, consisting in the successive formation and development of organs and parts that do not preexist in the zygote.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
   
   
8. Epigenesis
   • (n.) The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
9. epigenesis
   (from the article `biology`) ...schools of thought had been based on this question: the preformation school maintained that the egg contains a miniature individual that develops ... [5 related articles]
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/36
   
   
10. epigenesis
    (from the article `loess`) These pedogenetic processes may take place in three different ways. Epigenesis is an accumulation of a mineral mass without loess properties, perhaps ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/36
    
    
11. Epigenesis
    (biology) In biology, `epigenesis` has at least two distinct meanings: The originator of this theory of epigenesis was Aristotle in his book On the Generation of Animals. Though the theory seems an obvious fact to us in today`s genetic age, however, the theory was not given much creden...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenesis