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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to biogenesis or biogeny in any way: as, a biogenetic process; a biogenetic law or principle.
  • Consisting of biogen; done by means of biogen; relating to the theory of biogen.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Biol.) Pertaining to biogenesis.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to biogenesis
  • adjective Of or pertaining to biogenetics

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  • adjective of or relating to the production of living organisms from other living organisms

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  • K.E. von Baer, the founder of the whole present science of the history of development, has certainly a most competent judgment of the correctness of this so-called biogenetic maxim; and he convincingly shows, in his essay on "Darwin's Doctrine," that the embryos never represent a former animalic form, but that their development follows the principle of representing first the common characteristics of the class, then those of the order, etc., until finally the individual characteristics appear in the formation.

    The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid

  • In 2002 Walker and Read showed young adults a video portraying a man with psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, then gave them either biogenetic or psychosocial explanations.

    A genetic cause for ADHD won't necessarily reduce the stigma attached Ben Goldacre 2010

  • Lastly, more compelling than any individual study, a review of the literature to date in 2006 found that overall, biogenetic causal theories, and labelling something as an "illness", are both positively related to perceptions of dangerousness and unpredictability, and to fear and desire for social distance.

    A genetic cause for ADHD won't necessarily reduce the stigma attached Ben Goldacre 2010

  • On Earth, it makes me a biogenetic magician, capable of turning this planet†™ s clumsy organic mass into any number of forms, including several which would pop tiny human brains if made public.

    365 tomorrows » 2008 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008

  • But he had a passage in First as Tragedy, Then as Farce that I thought was highly relevant to this discussion, in which he talks about the threat of privatization (by capitalism) of three different “commons”: the commons of culture, the commons of external nature (i.e., the precipitation of ecological disaster) and most relevant for our discussion here, the commons of internal nature, which he defines as “the biogenetic inheritance of humanity”:

    Half-Centaur, Half-Chimera: Humanism and Science Fiction | Goblin Mercantile Exchange 2010

  • Carter his first intro to the world of biogenetic dogs when he meets Fifi, who explodes soon after their encounter.

    Eureka Recap: Best In Faux : SF Universe - SF Universe is your Science Fiction central. From SciFi television to movies to books and more. All the latest news, reviews and insights from SciFi experts. 2008

  • Wells makes much of the fact that the biogenetic law presumes that embryos ought to be most similar at the earliest possible stage of development, yet the period of greatest similarity, the phylotypic stage, occurs well into development, and that the earliest stages exhibit seemingly significant differences.

    A bit more on Haeckel - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • But he had a passage in First as Tragedy, Then as Farce that I thought was highly relevant to this discussion, in which he talks about the threat of privatization (by capitalism) of three different “commons”: the commons of culture, the commons of external nature (i.e., the precipitation of ecological disaster) and most relevant for our discussion here, the commons of internal nature, which he defines as “the biogenetic inheritance of humanity”:

    BlogGoblin Mercantile Exchange 2010

  • An assumption such as that would be wholly limiting and likely erroneous in light of the varied and fluid lives proto-Ruvu speakers and their descendants have lived since their initial settlement in the region, as well as the more obvious point that speakers of a language do not have an essential biogenetic link to prior speakers of a language.

    Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

  • It is much more exciting to focus on popular causes, such as climate change, equal rights, biogenetic engineering, or even alien life, anything but economics.

    Economics Trumps 2009

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