caenogenesis
cae·no·ge·nesis
noun
1.
introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
Origin
From Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new”) + English -genesis. First attested in 1909.
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