Polygenesis
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Polygenesis can refer to:
- Polygenesis (biology), a theory of multiple independent origins of organisms from a common genetic pool. See work by Leonid Moroz, Christian Schwabe, or Periannan SenapathyPeriannan SenapathyPeriannan Senapathy is a molecular biologist and genome researcher. He is president and scientific director of Genome Life Sciences, a Genome International company in Madison, Wisconsin, which develops next-generation DNA sequencing technologies.-Biography:...
. - Polygenesis (genetics), a form of genetic disorder resulting in the overexpression of a particular gene
- Polygenesis (linguistics)Polygenesis (linguistics)In the field of linguistics, polygenesis is the view that human languages evolved as several lineages independent of one another. It is contrasted with monogenesis, which is the view that human languages all go back to a single common ancestor....
, a theory of language origin - PolygenismPolygenismPolygenism is a theory of human origins positing that the human races are of different lineages . This is opposite to the idea of monogenism, which posits a single origin of humanity.- Origins :...
, a theory of human origin