Abiogenesis

(a-be-o-jèn'e-sis.) [From Gr. a, privative, bios, life, and genesis, generation.] ( Physiol.) A mechanical theory of life, or of spontaneous generation, as often connected with the Darwin i an doctrine of evolution, which has been stated as follows by Prof. Ernst Hæckel, of Jena. "1. The forms of organisms, and of their organs, result entirely from life, and simply from the interaction of two physiological functions, heredity and adaptation. 2. Heredity is a part of the reproduc cago, Dec. 9, 1849. Became soprano in a church in New York, which sent her to Paris for study of singing and acting. Here she married E. J. We the rill in 1874. On her return to the U. S. she organized the "Emma Abbott Opera Company," which travelled widely and had great succe . She died Jan. 5, 1891, at Salt Lake City, while on a profe ional tour.