teleogenesis

== English == === Etymology === From teleo- +‎ genesis. === Noun === teleogenesis (uncountable) (cybernetics) Autonomous setting of goals (dated, rare) A regime of controlled, intentional reproduction (biology, dated, rare) The preferential evolution of features and organs in certain ways ==== Coordinate terms ==== teleonomy ==== Related terms ==== teleogenetic teleology === See also === teleogenesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia telegenesis telogenesis