单词 | paedogenetic |
释义 | paedogeneticadj. Biology. 1. Relating to or characterized by (parthenogenetic) reproduction occurring in a larval or immature form. Cf. paedogenesis n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [adjective] > others gemmiparous1793 gemmiferous1804 agamic1816 zoogenic1842 agamogenetic1858 autogenetic1859 parthenogenetic1860 parthenogenous1869 unsexual1873 monogenous1874 monogonic1876 monogonous1876 arrenotokous1877 gemmative1877 thelytokous1877 parthenogenic1878 heteroblastic1888 blastogenic1889 isogamous1889 paedogenetic1889 monogenic1890 anisogamous1891 monogenetic1900 paedogamous1912 apomictic1913 cytogamous1918 ectogenetic1923 pseudogamous1932 agamospermous1933 impaternate1934 subsexual1937 mictic1950 somatogamous1950 zygogenetic1950 1889 Athenæum 13 Apr. 471/1 A parthenogenetic and pædogenetic generation occurs in the life-cycle [of the blood-worm or midge larva]. 1917 Amer. Naturalist 51 647 The pedogenetic larva of the fly, Miastor. 1969 R. F. Chapman Insects xix. 382 It can develop through a pupa to a normal adult female..or to a paedogenetic larva which produces triungulins. 1992 Amer. Naturalist 139 985 Many of the most outstanding polyphenisms in metazoans are found in those few, unrelated taxa in which cyclical parthenogenesis has been established, particularly certain rotifers, the daphnids, the aphids, and the paedogenetic cecidomyiids. 2. Relating to or characterized by the presence of juvenile or larval characteristics in an adult organism; paedomorphic. Also: relating to or characterized by precocious sexual reproduction in a juvenile or larval form. Cf. paedogenesis n. 2. ΚΠ 1938 Science 9 Dec. 536/1 We find the following combinations of patterns among adult birds..: P[omarea]iphis: brown or paedogenetic females, pied males. 1959 Ecology 40 529/2 A. C. Hardy..suggests that many lines of evolution are paedogenetic—the prolongation into sexually mature life of juvenile characters. 1974 Science 26 July 377/1 Frogs breed in a diversity of habitats and none have paedogenetic tendencies; all must metamorphose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1889 |
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