neoteny
/nee-ot-n-ee/US // niˈɒt n i //UK // (nɪˈɒtənɪ) //
新生代,新生儿
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Biology.
- : Also called pedogenesis. the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle.
- : a slowing of the rate of development with the consequent retention in adulthood of a feature or features that appeared in an earlier phase in the life cycle of ancestral individuals: Neoteny in the ostrich has resulted in adult birds sporting the down feathers of nestlings.
Examples
We have warrant for this possibility in the case of the Axolotl and in other similar cases of neoteny.
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