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epigenesis

Embryonic morphogenesis, a gradual process of increasing complexity, in which organs are formed de novo. Cellular differentiation processes involved in epigenesis rely almost entirely on epigenetic rather than genetic inheritance from one cell generation to the next. see epigenetics

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