neoteny

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• neoteny — neoteny. См. неотения. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

• Neoteny — For the topic of soil formation, see Pedogenesis. human body proportion changes with age …   Wikipedia

• neoteny — neotenous /nee ot n euhs/, adj. /nee ot n ee/, n. Biol. 1. Also called pedogenesis. the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle. 2. a slowing of the rate of… …   Universalium

• neoteny — noun Etymology: New Latin neotenia, from ne + Greek teinein to stretch more at thin Date: 1901 1. retention of some larval or immature characters in adulthood 2. attainment of sexual maturity during the larval stage • neotenic adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• neoteny — achieving sexual maturity while the rest of the body is in the juvenile form (the juvenile form of others of the same group) …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• neoteny — См. neoteiny …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• neoteny — The persistence in the reproductively mature adult of characters usually associated with the immature organism …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• neoteny — неотения …   Англо-русский геологический словарь

• neoteny — n неотения; сохранение незрелых, недоразвитых характеристик у взрослого индивида …   Англо-русский словарь по социологии

• neoteny — Prolongation of the larval state, as in the Mexican tiger salamander or axolotl, or in certain termite castes held in the larval stage as future replacements of the queen. Cf.:pedogenesis. [neo + G. teino, to stretch] …   Medical dictionary