Digenesis

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  • n. The alternation of sexual and asexual methods of reproduction.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See parthenogenesis.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In biology, successive generation by two different processes, as sexual and asexual; parthenogenesis alternating with ordinary sexual reproduction.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. alternation of sexual and asexual generations
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    heterogenesis    xenogenesis    alternation of generations   
    Cross Reference
    parthenogenesis   
    Variant
    parthenogenesis   
    Form
    digenetic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    metagenesis   
     
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