Definition of metagenesis in English:
metagenesis
noun ˌmɛtəˈdʒɛnɪsɪsˌmɛdəˈdʒɛnəsəs
mass nounBiology The alternation of generations between sexual and asexual reproduction.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ctenophora or comb-jellyfish are completely different creatures which do not have metagenesis and do not bear cnidae.
- Any level of kosmos, then, has a deep structure consisting of at least two countercurrent structural flows: genesis and metagenesis.
- It is the life cycle consisting of an asexual and a sexual generation (metagenesis) of the cycliophorans that makes the phylum unique.
- However, unlike cnidarians, ctenophores possess rows of cilia and a unique, complex sensory organ and lack cnidae and metagenesis.
- Checkpoints in the life-cycle of Cassiopea spp.: control of metagenesis and metamorphosis in a tropical jellyfish.
Derivatives
adjective ˌmɛtədʒəˈnɛtɪk
Biology However, if innate ability were not only sufficient but necessary, it is obvious from a metagenetic analysis of human history that we would have died out long ago.
Example sentencesExamples
- The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm.
- The life cycle of Chrysaora lactea is metagenetic and was completed with laboratory rearing observations.
- Abstract Experimental data reveal that most, if not all, major events in the metagenetic life-cycle of Cassiopea spp. at these checkpoints depend on the interaction with specific biotic and physical cues.
- It is, at least, geared towards an understanding of mutual metagenetic affectations in an experiment of non-exclusion.
Origin
Late 19th century: modern Latin.
Definition of metagenesis in US English:
metagenesis
nounˌmedəˈjenəsəsˌmɛdəˈdʒɛnəsəs
Biology The alternation of generations between sexual and asexual reproduction.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, unlike cnidarians, ctenophores possess rows of cilia and a unique, complex sensory organ and lack cnidae and metagenesis.
- Checkpoints in the life-cycle of Cassiopea spp.: control of metagenesis and metamorphosis in a tropical jellyfish.
- Any level of kosmos, then, has a deep structure consisting of at least two countercurrent structural flows: genesis and metagenesis.
- It is the life cycle consisting of an asexual and a sexual generation (metagenesis) of the cycliophorans that makes the phylum unique.
- Ctenophora or comb-jellyfish are completely different creatures which do not have metagenesis and do not bear cnidae.
Origin
Late 19th century: modern Latin.