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Life cycle involving alternation of parasitic and free-living generations; see homogonic life cycle.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
heterogonic life cycle
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indirect life cycle — see heterogonic life cycle … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
heterogonic — het·ero·gon·ic .het ə rə gän ik adj 1) of, relating to, or marked by allometry 2 a) being or characterized by a course of development in which a generation of parasites is succeeded by a free living generation <a heterogonic life cycle of a… … Medical dictionary
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heterogonic — adj. characterized by alternating generations in the life cycle of a plant or animal (generally a sexual with an asexual generation); allometric, pertaining to the relative growth of a part in relation to a whole body … English contemporary dictionary
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heterogenetic — adj. [Gr. heteros, different; genesis, descent] Pertaining to meiotic chromosome pairing in hybrids when pairs are derived from different ancestors; see homogenetic, heterogonic life cycle … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
homogonic — ho·mo·gon·ic .hō mə gän ik, .häm ə , gōn adj being or characterized by a course of development in which one generation of parasites immediately succeeds another <a homogonic life cycle of a nematode worm> compare HETEROGONIC (2a) … Medical dictionary
