Syngenesis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Syngenesis \Syn*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. syn- + genesis.] (Biol.)
     A theory of generation in which each germ is supposed to
     contain the germs of all subsequent generations; -- the
     opposite of {epigenesis}.
     [1913 Webster]