Abiogenesis vs. Biogenesis

Abiogenesisnoun

(evolutionary theory) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.

Abiogenesisnoun

The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; - called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis.

Abiogenesisnoun

a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter

Abiogenesis

In evolutionary biology, abiogenesis, or informally the origin of life (OoL), is the natural process by which life has arisen from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds. While the details of this process are still unknown, the prevailing scientific hypothesis is that the transition from non-living to living entities was not a single event, but an evolutionary process of increasing complexity that involved molecular self-replication, self-assembly, autocatalysis, and the emergence of cell membranes.

Biogenesisnoun

The principle that living organisms are produced only from other living organisms.

Biogenesisnoun

Biosynthesis.

Biogenesisnoun

A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; - called also biogeny; - opposed to abiogenesis.

Biogenesisnoun

the production of a chemical compound by a living organism.

Biogenesisnoun

production of a chemical compound by a living organism

Biogenesisnoun

the production of living organisms from other living organisms

Biogenesis

Biogenesis is the production of new living organisms. Conceptually, biogenesis is sometimes attributed to Louis Pasteur and encompasses the belief that complex living things come only from other living things, by means of reproduction.