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单词 neotenia
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neotenian.

Brit. /ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈtiːnɪə/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈtiniə/
Forms: 1800s–1900s neoteinia, 1800s– neotenia.
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian neotenia.
Etymology: < Italian neotenia (1885 or earlier) < German Neotenie neoteny n., with substitution of suffix (compare -ia suffix1). Compare earlier neotenic adj. and slightly later neoteny n.
Biology. Now rare or disused.
= neoteny n.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [noun] > morphogenesis > derivation or appearance of characters
acquired1794
neomorph1886
paedomorphism1892
neotenia1896
habitat form1902
caenogenesis1909
fetalization1922
paedomorphosis1922
hominization1953
synapomorphy1966
synapomorph1969
1896 W. H. F. Blandford in Nature 6 Feb. 323/2 Pædogenesis..is an extreme form of the more general phenomenon of neotenia.
1897 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 39 249 (note) The term neoteinia has been introduced by Camerano..to denote the persistence during adult life of part or all of the characteristics normally peculiar to the immature, growing, or larval stage (e.g. the persistence of gills in the axolotl).
1903 Science 6 Mar. 381/1 Epistasis is a modified form of the process emphasized by Boas under the name of neotenia, a reversion of a phylum to a modified embryonic condition.
1928 W. M. Wheeler Social Insects viii. 196 The normal sterility of the workers seems to be due to the acceleration of the development of the somatic and retardation of the reproductive tissues, a condition the reverse of neotenia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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