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biogenesis

Subject Category: S Biological Sciences
Definition: The origin of life. It includes studies of the potential basis for life in organic compounds but excludes studies of the development of altered forms of life through mutation and natural selection, which is biological evolution.
Definition Source: Medical Subject Headings 2014
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/217222.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/217222
Broader Term: Biological Sciences
Related Term: evolution; mutation; natural selection; organic compounds
Spanish: biogénesis
Term Number: 217222

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