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biogenesis (n.)[biogenesis 词源字典]: also bio-genesis, 1870, "theory that living organisms arise only from pre-existing living matter," coined by English biologist T.H. Huxley (1825-1895) from Greek bios "life" (see bio-) + -genesis "birth, origin, creation." Related: Biogenetic; biogenetical.[biogenesis etymology, biogenesis origin, 英语词源]
genetic (adj.): 1831, "pertaining to origins," coined by Carlyle as if from Greek genetikos from genesis "origin" (see genesis). Darwin used it biologically as "resulting from common origin" (1859); modern sense of "pertaining to genetics or genes" is from 1908 (see gene). Related: Genetically. Genetical is attested from 1650s as "pertaining to origins."
psychogenesis (n.): also psycho-genesis, 1838, "origin of the soul or mind," from psycho- + -genesis "birth, origin, creation." Related: Psychogenetic; psychogenetical.
allotypy: "The occurrence of an immunoglobulin or other protein in genetically determined, antigenically distinct forms in different members of the same species", 1950s; earliest use found in Science. From French allotypie from allo- + type + -ie.
pharming: "The process of genetically modifying plants and animals so that they produce substances which may be used as pharmaceuticals", 1990s: sense 1 punningly after farming; sense 2 patterned on phishing.
allopatric speciation: "The evolution of one or more new species from an ancestral species that becomes split into geographically separate populations which diverge genetically over a period of time", 1940s; earliest use found in American Naturalist.
Frankenstein food: "Genetically modified food; (in early use also) irradiated food", 1980s; earliest use found in The Sunday Times.