neotenouslyadv.
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By neoteny.
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neotenously1961
1961 Evolution 15 564/1 P. petiti may be derived neotenously from monstrillid or monstrillid-like ancestors.
1963 R. P. Dales Annelids iii. 72 The fusiform typhloscolecids..were possibly derived neotenously from phyllodocid stock.
1992 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 23 328 Several models have been proposed for deriving pteropods neotenously from Cephalaspidea.
2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. viii. 264 Some crustacean groups are thought to have evolved neotenously from others; and vertebrates might have begun as larval sea squirts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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