the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern humans, who show resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines
Examples of 'paedomorphosis' in a sentence
paedomorphosis
The importance of paedomorphosis and its correct recognition for the practice of taxonomy and phylogeny are emphasized.
Sabine Stöhr, Alexander Martynov 2016, 'Paedomorphosis as an Evolutionary Driving Force: Insights from Deep-Sea Brittle Stars.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5091845?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The entrance into the new adaptive landscape could have been realised by at least two processes: paedomorphosis and allometricrepatterning.
Eric Parmentier, Déborah Lanterbecq, Igor Eeckhaut 2016, 'From commensalism to parasitism in Carapidae (Ophidiiformes): heterochronic modesof development?', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/1786.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)