In biology, epigenesis has at least two distinct meanings: This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

• the unfolding development of an organism, and in particular the development of a plant or animal from an egg or spore through a sequence of steps in which cells differentiate and organs form;
• the theory that plants and animals develop in this way, in contrast to theories of preformation.

Morphogenesis is also the name of a band. ... Cellular differentiation is a concept from developmental biology describing the process by which cells acquire a type. The morphology of a cell may change dramatically during differentiation, but the genetic material remains the same, with few exceptions. ...

See also

• Epigenetics

Epigenetics is the study of changes in gene regulation that occur without a change in DNA sequence (genotype). ...

External links

• MeSH Epigenetic+Process
• Dictionary at eMedicine Epigenesis

[1] Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is a huge controlled vocabulary (or metadata system) for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books in the life sciences. ... eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996. ...