Biogenesis
Biogenesis
Biogenesis (/baɪoʊˈdʒɛnəsɪs/; from Greek: βίος, bios, "life" and γένεσις, genesis, "origin") is the principle in biology that living organisms arise from other living organisms, and not from nonliving matter. This concept is fundamental to our understanding of life and its origins.
Etymology
The term "biogenesis" was first used in 1861 by Henry Charlton Bastian to mean "the generation of life from life." The term is derived from the Greek words bios meaning "life" and genesis meaning "origin or creation."
Related Terms
- Abiogenesis: The original evolution of life or living organisms from inorganic or inanimate substances.
- Panspermia: The hypothesis that life exists throughout the Universe, distributed by space dust, meteoroids, asteroids, comets, planetoids, and also by spacecraft carrying unintended contamination by microorganisms.
- Spontaneous generation: An obsolete body of thought on the ordinary formation of living organisms without descent from similar organisms.
- Vitalism: The belief that "life" is fundamentally different from non-living matter and cannot be explained solely by the mechanism of physics and chemistry.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Biogenesis
- Wikipedia's article - Biogenesis
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