- catagenesis
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Catagenesis — can refer to:* Catagenesis (geology) – The cracking process in which organic kerogens are broken down into hydrocarbons; * Catagenesis (biology) – Retrogressive evolution, as contrasted with anagenesis … Wikipedia
Catagénesis — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda La catagénesis es un término arcaico de la biología evolutiva para referirse a las direcciones evolutivas que se consideraban retrogresivas . Era un término usado en contraste con la anagénesis, que en la actualidad… … Wikipedia Español
catagénesis — Forma de evolución regresiva. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico
Catagenesis (biology) — Catagenesis is an archaic term from evolutionary biology referring to evolutionary directions that were considered . It was a term used in contrast to anagenesis, which in present usage denotes the evolution of a single population into a new form … Wikipedia
Catagenesis (geology) — See Catagenesis (biology) for usage in the field of biology, where it refers to retrogressive evolution. Contrast with anagenesis. Catagenesis is a term used in petroleum geology to describe the cracking process which results in the conversion of … Wikipedia
catagenesis — catagenetic /kat euh jeuh net ik/, adj. /kat euh jen euh sis/, n. Biol. the retrogressive evolution of a species. Cf. anagenesis (def. 1). [1880 85; CATA + GENESIS] * * * … Universalium
catagenesis — SYN: involution. [cata + G. genesis, origin] … Medical dictionary
catagenesis — n. developmental regression … English contemporary dictionary
catagenesis — … Useful english dictionary
catagenetic — |kad.əjə̇|ned.ik adjective Etymology: from New Latin catagenesis, after English genesis: genetic : of or relating to catagenesis … Useful english dictionary
