(isim) metagenez

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Definition of (isim) metagenez in Turkish English dictionary

metagenesis

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

the production of sexual and asexual organisms in alternate generations

Opposed to monogenesis

alternation of sexual and asexual generations

{i} alternating sexual and asexual reproduction in alternate generations (Biology)

See Alternate generation, under Generation

Hence, metagenesis involves the production of sexual individuals by nonsexual means, either directly or through intervening sexless generations

Alternation of sexual and asexual or gemmiparous generations; in distinction from heterogamy

Hyphenation

(i·sim) me·ta·ge·nez