Autogenesis

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Autogenesis may refer to: * Abiogenesis, the origination of life from non-living things, as believed by Aristotle and in modern evolutionary theory * Orthogenesis, a discredited evolutionary idea that hypothesised a directed teleological form of evolution * "Christ the Autogenes" in gnostic texts such as the Secret Book of John * Autogeny, the reproductive strategy in insects in which the bodily food reserves of an adult female will support reproduction without feeding, particularly without a blood meal before oviposition * The highest stage in the development of complex adaptive systems in Viable System Theory * Autogenesis, a proposed kind of thermodynamic synergy that the first living creature may have possessed Autogenous may refer to: * Autogenous tissue in surgical autotransplantation (tissue transplanted from elsewhere in an individual's own body) * Autogenous weld, using no filler metal * Autogenous grinding mill, in which ore grinds itself through tumbling impacts * Autogenous models for the origins of cellular features, such as membrane-bound organelles or flagella * Autogenous pyrometallurgy, in which the feedstock contains enough combustible material to fuel its own heating * Autogenous training, a psychological technique for guiding one's own thoughts, feelings, or behaviors Autogenic may refer to: * Autogenic training, a desensitization-relaxation technique to all…

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