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PolygenesisPolygenesis Pol`y*gen"e*sis (-j[e^]n"[-e]*s[i^]s), Polygeny
Po*lyg"e*ny (p[-o]*l[i^]j"[-e]*n[y^]), n. [Poly- + genesis, or
root of Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born.] (Biol.)
The theory that living organisms originate in cells or
embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single
cell; -- opposed to monogenesis. PolygeneticPolygenetic Pol`y*ge*net"ic, a.
1. Having many distinct sources; originating at various
places or times.
2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.
Polygenetic mountain range (Geol.), one which is composite,
or consists of two or more monogenetic ranges, each having
had its own history of development. --Dana. Polygenetic mountain rangePolygenetic Pol`y*ge*net"ic, a.
1. Having many distinct sources; originating at various
places or times.
2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.
Polygenetic mountain range (Geol.), one which is composite,
or consists of two or more monogenetic ranges, each having
had its own history of development. --Dana. Polygenic
Polygenic Pol`y*gen"ic (-j[e^]n"[i^]k), a. (Biol.)
Of or relating to polygeny; polygenetic.
PolygenistPolygenist Po*lyg"e*nist (-n[i^]st), n. (Biol.)
One who maintains that animals of the same species have
sprung from more than one original pair; -- opposed to
monogenist. Polygenous
Polygenous Po*lyg"e*nous, a. [Poly- + -genous: cf. Gr. ? of
many families.]
Consisting of, or containing, many kinds; as, a polygenous
mountain. --Kirwan.
PolygenyPolygenesis Pol`y*gen"e*sis (-j[e^]n"[-e]*s[i^]s), Polygeny
Po*lyg"e*ny (p[-o]*l[i^]j"[-e]*n[y^]), n. [Poly- + genesis, or
root of Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born.] (Biol.)
The theory that living organisms originate in cells or
embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single
cell; -- opposed to monogenesis.
Meaning of Polygen from wikipedia
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Polygenism is a
theory of
human origins which posits the view that the
humans are of
different origins (polygenesis). This view is
opposite to the idea...
- A
polygene is a
member of a
group of non-epistatic
genes that
interact additively to
influence a
phenotypic trait, thus
contributing to multiple-gene inheritance...
- can
refer to:
Polygenesis (linguistics), a
theory of
language origin Polygenism, a
theory of
human origin Gene duplication, a form of
genetic disorder...
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Eugenics Great chain of
being History of
anthropometry Miscegenation Monogenism Multiracial Polygenism Pre-Adamite Pre-modern
conceptions of whiteness...
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Enlightenment (an era from the 1650s to the 1780s),
concepts of
monogenism and
polygenism became po****r,
though they
would only be
systematized epistemologically...
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Eugenics Great chain of
being History of
anthropometry Miscegenation Monogenism Multiracial Polygenism Pre-Adamite Pre-modern
conceptions of whiteness...
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scientific racist discourses could be
defined as the
combination of
polygenism, unilinealism,
social Darwinism, and eugenism. They
found their scientific...
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Eugenics Great chain of
being History of
anthropometry Miscegenation Monogenism Multiracial Polygenism Pre-Adamite Pre-modern
conceptions of whiteness...
- to whites. In the last two
decades of the 18th century, the
theory of
polygenism, the
belief that
different races had
evolved separately in each continent...
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scientific evidence for
white supremacy which they
construed in
terms of
polygenism. It was
founded in 1863 by
Richard Francis Burton and
James Hunt. Hunt...
