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''For the first book of the Bible, see Genesis.''
'''-genesis''', from Greek "γεννισις", ''origin, creation, generation'', is a suffix that denotes creation. Related to genos, meaning "race, birth, descent" and genus which shows a relation from the same origin.

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★ 'abiogenesis' refers to the theory of a chemical origin of life

★ 'aerogenesis' refers to the formation of gas

★ 'angiogenesis' refers to the formation of new blood vessels

★ 'anthropogenesis' refers to the origin and development of humanity

★ 'baryogenesis' refers to the generic designation for the hypothetical physical processes that generated an asymmetry between baryons and anti-baryons in the very early universe.
:see also 'Quantum field theory', 'Cosmology' and 'Statistical physics'

★ 'biogenesis' refers to:

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★ the theory that only a living organism can produce another living organism

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★ the creation of living organisms from other living organisms

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★ the supposed recurrence of a species' evolutionary stages during embryonic development, see 'palingenesis' and 'recapitulation theory'
:see also 'biosynthesis' and 'origin of life'

★ 'caenogenesis' is the introduction of characters or structure not present during the organism's species' evolution during the embryonic stage, as opposed to 'palingenesis'

★ 'cariogenesis' refers to the production of dental caries

★ 'chromogenesis' refers to the production of coloring matter or pigment

★ 'cosmogenesis' refers to the origin and development of the cosmos

★ 'gamogenesis' refers to the act of process of sexual reproduction

★ 'gynogenesis' is when an egg is activated by a sperm without the fusion of the egg and sperm nuclei

★ 'karyogenesis' refers to the formation of the nucles of a cell

★ 'ketogenesis' refers to the production of ketone bodies as occurs in diabetes

★ 'merogenesis' refers to reproduction by segmentation

★ 'morphogenesis' refers to the differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)

★ 'oogenesis' the formation of human egg cells

★ 'orthogenesis' refers to the outdated theory that life has a driving force towards better survival skills.
:see also 'evolution' and 'Lamarckism'

★ 'palingenesis' refers to the recurrence of a species' evolutionary stages during embryonic development

★ 'parthenogenesis' refers to a form of asexual reproduction whereby an unfertilised egg develops into a new individual

★ 'progenesis' refers to the attainment of sexual maturity in its larval state

★ 'spermatogenesis' is the process by which stem cells develop into mature spermatozoon (sperm)

★ 'symbiogenesis' refers to the merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism

★ 'synaptogenesis' refers to the creation of new synapses

★ 'teratogenesis' refers to congenital malformations

★ 'thermogenesis' is the process of heat production.

★ 'ureagenesis' refers to the formation of urea, especially the metabolism of amino acids to urea. Also called ureapoiesis.

★ 'virogenesis' refers to the production or formation of a virus

★ 'zygogenesis' refers to forms of reproduction involving the formation of a zygote