单词 | progenesis |
释义 | progenesisn. Biology. Precocious sexual maturity in an organism still in a larval (or other immature) stage (= paedogenesis n. 2); (also) accelerated maturation of the sexual organs (as an evolutionary process) resulting in paedomorphosis (cf. neoteny n.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [noun] > others adosculation1682 autogeny?1818 gemmation1836 parthenogenesis1849 virgin production1849 rejuvenescence1853 agamogenesis1857 monogeny1857 autogenesis1858 homogenesis1858 proliferation1864 monogenesis1866 swarming1867 paedogenesis1870 monogony1873 virginal generation1879 division1880 monogenesy1890 parthenogeny1890 anisogamy1891 isogamy1891 paragamy1891 separation1891 paedogenesis1892 parthenism1892 heterogamy1894 thelytoky1895 flagellation1898 cytogamy1899 pseudogamy1900 tychoparthenogenesis1900 syngamy1904 pseudogamy1907 ectogenesis1909 paedogamy1910 apomixis1913 progenesis1934 agamospermy1939 mixis1944 somatogamy1949 decapitation- 1934 Parasitology 26 121 The present paper deals with a further example of progenesis exhibited by a Trematode found encysted in Anaspides tasmaniae Thomson. 1963 Q. Rev. Biol. 38 227/1 The frequent appearance of progenesis in digenetic species [of trematodes]. 1977 S. J. Gould Ontogeny & Phylogeny vi. 179 We now..designate as ‘progenesis’ those cases of paedomorphosis produced by accelerated maturation and the precocious truncation of ontogeny. 1983 Q. Rev. Biol. 58 221/1 Progenesis—the accelerated maturation of reproductive organs in an unaccelerated soma—appears to be a mechanism consistent with the origin of insects from myriapods. 1997 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 84 1333/1 Nine other mutations in pea..act to produce dramatic morphological changes, ranging from precocious flowering (progenesis) to slower rates of vegetative change (neoteny). 2000 Jrnl. Parasitol. 86 768 Progenesis is thought to be a latitude-dependent phenomenon. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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