symbiogenesis
English
Etymology
From sym- + bio- + -genesis. Coined in German by the Russian lichenologist Konstantin Mereschkowski, in a 1910 paper entitled "Theorie der zwei Plasmaarten als Grundlage der Symbiogenesis, einer neuen Lehre von der Entstehung der Organismen."
Noun
symbiogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural symbiogeneses)
- (biology) The merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism.
Derived terms
- symbiogenetic
Related terms
- biogenesis
Translations
merging of organisms to form a new organism
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See also
- endosymbiosis
- symbiosis