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 — (n.) retention of juvenile characteristics in adult life, 1901, from Ger. neotenie (1884), from Gk. neos young (see NEW (Cf. new)) + teinein to extend (see TENET (Cf. tenet)) … Etymology dictionary
neoteny — [nē ät′ n ē] n. [ModL neotenia < neo , NEO + Gr teinein, to stretch: see TEND2] Zool. 1. the retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult 2. the development of adult features in the juvenile, as the attainment of sexual maturity in some… … English World dictionary
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 — 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] * * * ne·ot·e·ny (ne… … Medical dictionary
