单词 | heterochrony |
释义 | heterochrony[ het-uh-rok-ruh-nee ] / ˌhɛt əˈrɒk rə ni / noun Biology.a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor. Origin of heterochrony1875–80; hetero- + chron- + -y3; compare German Heterochron OTHER WORDS FROM heterochronyhet·er·o·chron·ic [het-er-uh-kron-ik], /ˌhɛt ər əˈkrɒn ɪk/, het·er·och·ro·nis·tic, het·er·och·ro·nous, adjectiveWords nearby heterochronyheterochromia, heterochromic uveitis, heterochromosome, heterochromous, heterochronia, heterochrony, heterochthonous, heterocladic anastomosis, heteroclite, heterocrine, heterocyclic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for heterochronyheterochrony [ hĕt′ə-rō-krŏn′ē ] A change in the timing or duration of an organism's ontogenetic development compared with an ancestral species, resulting in morphological differences between ancestor and descendant. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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