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Metagenesis
Metˊa-gen′e-sis
,Noun.
[Pref.
meta-
+ genesis
.] 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
. Definition 2024
metagenesis
metagenesis
English
Noun
metagenesis (usually uncountable, plural metageneses)
- (biology) the production of sexual and asexual organisms in alternate generations