Meaning of PALINGENESIS
| Pronunciation: | | `palin'jenisis
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| | Definition: | | [n] emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species |
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| | Synonyms: | | recapitulation |
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| | Antonyms: | | caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis | | |
| | See Also: | | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny | |
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| | Definition: | | \Pal`in*gen"e*sis\, Palingenesy \Pal`in*gen"e*sy\,
n. [Gr. ?; ? again + ? birth: cf. F. paling['e]n['e]sie. See
{Genesis}.]
1. A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued
existence in different manner or form.
2. (Biol.) That form of evolution in which the truly
ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced
in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished
from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zo["o]logy, the abrupt
metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.
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