DIGENESIS

metagenesis, digenesis

(noun) alternation of sexual and asexual generations

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

digenesis (countable and uncountable, plural digeneses)

(biology) The alternation of sexual and asexual methods of reproduction.

Synonyms

• metagenesis

Source: Wiktionary


Di*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.)

Definition: The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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