The process of starch formation or synthesis in plants and organisms.
From amylo- (starch) plus -genesis (from Greek genesis, meaning 'origin' or 'creation'). The -genesis suffix appears in words like photosynthesis, osteogenesis (bone formation), and spermatogenesis (sperm formation).
The -genesis suffix means 'the process of becoming'—photosynthesis is light-becoming-sugar, osteogenesis is bone-becoming-real, and amylogenesis is starch-becoming-real. It's the process-suffix that reveals biology's creative processes!
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