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What does polygenetic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Having many distinct sources; originating at various places or times.
  2. (biology) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.
  3. (geology) One which is composite, or consists of two or more monogenetic ranges, each having had its own history of development.
  4. (genetics) Misspelling of polygenic.
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Antithetically, where more common polygenetic morphogenesis occurs, some mixture of tectonic, marine, or climatic effects is superimposed on the setting, and a hybrid suite of landforms results.
One reason might be that T2Dm is a polygenetic disease, but there is another more important reason.
Since geomorphic processes under arid, humid, glacial, and possibly other climate conditions can induce particular landforms, areas subject to periodic climate change often show polygenetic landform associations.
The polygenetic emergence of writing is, in itself, significant in several ways.
With few exceptions, the landforms are polygenetic.
This condition makes it appear quite possible that the family may be polygenetic.

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