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Endogeny(biology)
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Endogenoussubstancesarethosethatoriginatefromwithinanorganism,tissue,orcell.[1]
Endogenousviralelements(EVEs)areDNAsequencesderivedfromvirusesthatareancestrallyinserted
intothegenomesofgermcells.Thesesequences,whichmaybefragmentsofviruses,orentireviral
genomes(proviruses),canpersistinthegermline,beingpassedonfromonegenerationtothenextashost
alleles.
Endogenousprocessesincludesenescence,themenstrualcycleandtheselfsustainedcircadianrhythmsof
plantsandanimals.
Insomebiologicalsystems,endogeneityreferstotherecipientofDNA(usuallyinprokaryotes).However,
becauseofhomeostasis,discerningbetweeninternalandexternalinfluencesisoftendifficult.
Endogenoustranscriptionfactorsreferstothosethataremanufacturedbythecell,asopposedtocloned
transcriptionfactors.

Contents
1Etymology
2Seealso
3Notes
4Externallinks

Etymology
Thewordendogenous/nddns/derivesfromtheAncientGreek,"inside"and,"coming
from".

Seealso
Endogeneity(econometrics)
Endogenouspreferences
Endogenousgrowththeory

Notes
1. "Endogenous|DefineEndogenousatDictionary.com"(http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=endogenous).
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