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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 meta·gen·e·sis /-ˈʤɛnəsəs/
 世代交替

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 meta·gen·e·sis /-ˈʤɛnəsəs/ 名詞
 世代交替

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Met·a·gen·e·sis n.
 1. Biol. The change of form which one animal species undergoes in a series of successively produced individuals, extending from the one developed from the ovum to the final perfected individual.  Hence, metagenesis involves the production of sexual individuals by nonsexual means, either directly or through intervening sexless generations.  Opposed to monogenesis. See Alternate generation, under Generation.
 2. Biol. Alternation of sexual and asexual or gemmiparous generations; -- in distinction from heterogamy.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 metagenesis
      n : alternation of sexual and asexual generations [syn: digenesis]