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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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A stabilized polygenetic result of crossing a very hight quality two-way genetics.
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.
The core material preserves diverse structures testifying to its polygenetic origin and an evolution from a hydrostatic to a tectonic stress-dominated environment.
This condition makes it appear quite possible that the family may be polygenetic.
One estimate places polygenetic landforms over approximately 80 percent of the Earth's land surface.
Paleocene and Eocene sediments were deposited on a polygenetic sub-Paleogene surface.

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