xenogeny


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Related to xenogeny: xenogamy, xylocarp

xenogenesis, xenogeny

1. abiogenesis; spontaneous generation.
2. metagenesis, or alternation of generations.
3. production of an offspring entirely different from either of the parents. — xenogenetic, xenogenic, adj.
See also: Biology
xenogenesis.
See also: Heredity, Organisms
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Tumor growth was measured by xenogeny bioluminescence imaging on a weekly basis.
"Comparative estimation of effect of allogen and xenogeny isolated hepatocytes on immune state of rats with acute liver failure," Bulletin of Emergency Medicine [Vestnik ekstrennoy mediciny], in Russian, No.2, pp.48-51