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orthogenesis
1. a biological principle that the evolution of an animal species is in a given direction, governed by intrinsic factors, and independent of external factors.
2. The doctrine that the phylogenetic evolution of organisms takes place systematically in a definite direction and not accidentally in many directions; variation is predetermined by the germ plasm.
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