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Definition of: orthogenesis
(ôr′thō·jen′ə·sis) noun Biol.
The doctrine that the phylogenetic evolution of organisms takes place systematically in a definite direction and not accidentally in many directions; variation predetermined by the germ plasm.
—or′tho·ge·net′ic (-jə·net′ik) adjective
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