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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 kainogenesis
      n : introduction during embryonic development of characters or
          structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history
          of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in
          mammalian evolution) [syn: cenogenesis, kenogenesis,
          caenogenesis, cainogenesis] [ant: palingenesis]