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meta·gen·e·sis
/-ˈʤɛnəsəs/
世代交替
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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
]
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