Abiogenesis and Biogenesis

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• Biogenesis and Abiogenesis — • According to their Greek derivation these two terms refer to the origin of life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Biogenesis and Abiogenesis     Biogenesis and Abiogenesis …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Abiogenesis — Primordial soup redirects here. For the board game, see Primordial Soup (board game). Origin of life redirects here. For views on the origins of life outside the natural sciences, see Creation myth. Pre Cambrian stromatolites in the Siyeh… …   Wikipedia

• Abiogenesis — Ab i*o*gen e*sis, n. [Gr. a priv. + bi os life + ge nesis, origin, birth.] (Biol.) The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; called… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Abiogénesis — Para los procesos de la evolución de la vida, véase Historia evolutiva de la vida. Estromatolitos del …   Wikipedia Español

• Biogenesis — This article is about generation of life from existing life. For the biogenetic law of Ernst Haeckel, see recapitulation theory. For the chemical origin of life, see abiogenesis. Biogenesis is the law that living things come only from other… …   Wikipedia

• biogenesis — 1. Term given by Huxley to the principle that life originates from preexisting life only and never from nonliving material. See spontaneous generation, recapitulation theory. 2. SYN: biosynthesis. [bio + G. genesis, origin] …   Medical dictionary

• BIOGENESIS —    name of the theory that derives life from life, and opposed to ABIOGENESIS (q.v.) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Causation and Formation — These words refer to causation, formation, origination, production, growth, development or generation. While this might seem like a pretty broad category, all of the words in the list derive from the single Greek word genesis, which can have all… …   Phrontistery dictionary

• microbiology — microbiological /muy kroh buy euh loj i keuhl/, microbiologic, adj. microbiologically, adv. microbiologist, n. /muy kroh buy ol euh jee/, n. the branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, uses, and modes of existence of microscopic… …   Universalium

• Creation Science — Creationism can also refer to creation myths, or to a concept about the origin of the soul. For the movement in Spanish literature, see Creacionismo. Part of a series on Creationism …   Wikipedia