Epigenesis (biology)
PROCESS BY WHICH AN ORGANISM DEVELOPS THROUGH A SEQUENCE OF STEPS IN WHICH CELLS DIFFERENTIATE AND ORGANS FORM
Epigenesis, genetic; Epigeneticism
In biology, epigenesis (or, in contrast to preformationism, neoformationism) is the process by which plants, animals and fungi develop from a seed, spore or egg through a sequence of steps in which cells differentiate and organs form.