Definitions for pangenesis

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pangenesis pan·gen·e·sis

Spelling: [pan-jen-uh-sis]

IPA: /pænˈdʒɛn ə sɪs/

Pangenesis is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 407 anagrams from letters in pangenesis (aeeginnpss).

Definitions for pangenesis

noun

1. the theory that a reproductive cell contains gemmules or invisible germs that were derived from the individual cells from every part of the organism and that these gemmules are the bearers of hereditary attributes.

Origin of pangenesis

1868; pan- + genesis; term introduced by Charles Darwin

Examples for pangenesis

To this principle, which seems to be extremely general, we shall recur in the chapter on pangenesis.

An attempt to explain this was made by Darwin in his theory of pangenesis.

I have been particularly pleased that you have noticed pangenesis.

I do not know whether you have ever read my chapter on pangenesis.

The most debated point in this book is the celebrated speculation of pangenesis.

In the chapter on pangenesis I shall attempt to throw a little light on this fact.

I read the chapter on pangenesis first, for I could not wait.

You cannot well imagine how much I have been pleased by what you say about pangenesis.

There are many objections to pangenesis, but they need not be named here.

You cannot well imagine how much I have been pleased by what you say about 'pangenesis.'