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後成,漸成說

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Epigenesis \Ep`i*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. epi- + genesis.] (Biol.)
   The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created
   entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power
   of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution,
   also to syngenesis.

資料來源 : WordNet®

epigenesis
     n : a geological change in the mineral content of rock after the
         rock has formed