Found 2 items, similar to Monogenesis.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: monogenesis monogenesis n : asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores [syn: sporulation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Monogenesis Monogenesis \Mon`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Mono- + genesis.] 1. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism. --Dana. --Haeckel. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. --Haeckel. [1913 Webster] 3. (Biol.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to metagenesis. --E. van Beneden. [1913 Webster]