metagenesis

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Английский Язык - Турецкий язык
{i} metagenez
(Tıp) Zürriyet (nesil) değişimi, metajenez
(isim) metagenez
Английский Язык - Английский Язык
the production of sexual and asexual organisms in alternate generations
The change of form which one animal species undergoes in a series of successively produced individuals, extending from the one developed from the ovum to the final perfected individual
Opposed to monogenesis
alternation of sexual and asexual generations
{i} alternating sexual and asexual reproduction in alternate generations (Biology)
See Alternate generation, under Generation
Hence, metagenesis involves the production of sexual individuals by nonsexual means, either directly or through intervening sexless generations
Alternation of sexual and asexual or gemmiparous generations; in distinction from heterogamy