Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of begetting; propagation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of begetting; propagation.
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- noun The act of
begetting ;propagation .
Etymologies
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Latin progeneratio.
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Examples
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However, replication arises when material overlap evolves progeneration, and progeneration evolves a codical inheritance system, as the following figure (from Wimsatt and Griesemer 2007: 268) indicates:
Replication Hull, David 2008
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An aspect of reproducers that has fascinated thinkers is that it does not imply a particular level of reproduction or progeneration, and indeed Szathmáry and Maynard Smith consider that the major transitions of evolution each involve an evolved mode of progeneration that is more inclusive or novel than what it evolved from
Replication Hull, David 2008
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