PALINGENESES

PALINGENESIS

palingenesis, recapitulation

(noun) emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

palingeneses

plural of palingenesis

Source: Wiktionary


PALINGENESIS

Pal`in*gen"e*sis, Pal`in*gen"e*sy, n. Etym: [Gr. palingénésie. See Genesis.]

1. A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: 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 zoölogy, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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