pedomorphism

pedomorphism
the retention, by an adult, of juvenile characteristics

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  • pedomorphism — pedomorphic, adj. /pee deuh mawr fiz euhm/, n. Biol. a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor. Cf. neoteny (def. 2). [PEDO 1 + MORPHISM] * * * …   Universalium

  • pedomorphism — Description of adult behavior in terms appropriate to child behavior. [G. pais (paid), child, + morphe, form] * * * pe·do·mor·phism (pe″do morґfiz əm) [pedo 1 + morph + ism] the retention in the adult organism of highly progressive… …   Medical dictionary

  • pedomorphism — pe·do·mor·phism …   English syllables

  • pedomorphism — pe•do•mor•phism or paedomorphism [[t]ˌpi dəˈmɔr fɪz əm[/t]] n. dvl bio the retention by an adult organism of a juvenile or larval form • Etymology: 1890–95 pe do•mor′phic, adj …   From formal English to slang

  • pedomorphism — noun see paedomorphism * * * pedomorphic, adj. /pee deuh mawr fiz euhm/, n. Biol. a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor. Cf. neoteny (def. 2). [PEDO 1 +… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pae|do|mor|phism — «PEE doh MR fihz uhm», noun. = pedomorphism. (Cf. ↑pedomorphism) …   Useful english dictionary

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

  • Larvacea — Taxobox name = Appendicularia regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Urochordata classis = Appendicularia subdivision ranks = Families subdivision = Fritillariidae Kowalevskiidae OikopleuridaeThe Appendicularia, Larvaceans or KiK are a… …   Wikipedia

  • Pedomorphosis — In developmental biology, pedomorphosis (also spelled paedomorphosis) or juvenification is a phenotypic and/or genotypic change in which the adults of a species retain traits previously seen only in juveniles. Peramorphosis is change in the… …   Wikipedia

  • Walter Garstang — (February 9, 1868 February 23, 1949), a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, was a marine biologist and zoologist who was one of the first to study the functional biology of marine invertebrate larvae. His best known works on marine larvae were his …   Wikipedia

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