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Polygenesis

Polygenesis can refer to: * Polygenesis (linguistics), a theory of language origin * Polygenism, an obsolete theory of human origin * Gene duplication, a form of genetic disorder resulting in the overexpression of a particular gene * Polygenetic landforms, landforms formed the accumulative action of various processes

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Polygenesis can refer to: * Polygenesis (linguistics), a theory of language origin * Polygenism, an obsolete theory of human origin * Gene duplication, a form of genetic disorder resulting in the overexpression of a particular gene * Polygenetic landforms, landforms formed the accumulative action of various processes

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