somatogenic

[ suh-mat-uh-jen-ik, soh-muh-tuh- ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. developing from somatic cells.

somatogenic

/ səˌmætəʊˈdʒɛnɪk /

adjective

1. med originating in the cells of the body: of organic, rather than mental, origin

   a somatogenic disorder

Word History and Origins

Origin of somatogenic¹

First recorded in 1900–05; somato- + -genic

Example Sentences

The real problem, then, is the sex-limited heredity, and we shall consider later whether in this kind of heredity also there are characters of internal as well as external origin, blastogenic as well as somatogenic.

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If it be proved that a hereditary character was originally somatogenic, it follows that somatogenic characters in time become hereditary.

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For the present, therefore, we must conclude that feathers are not an adaptation, and not due to somatogenic modification, but must be result of a gametogenic mutation.

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It has been the main argument of this volume that there are two distinct kinds of characters in all organisms—namely, those of somatogenic origin and those of gametogenic origin.

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Most of the characters in domesticated varieties are obviously gametogenic mutations, but the lop-ear in rabbits may be, partly at least, somatogenic.

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