Definition of Paedogenesis

1. Noun. (British spelling biology) (alternative spelling of pedogenesis) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paedogenesis

1. [n -GENESES]

Medical Definition of Paedogenesis

1. Reproduction by young or larval animals. Origin: Gr, child + E. Genesis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paedogenesis

paediatric dentistry
paediatric nursing
paediatric radiology
paediatrician
paediatricians
paediatrics
paediatrist
paediatry
paedo-
paedobaptism
paedobaptisms
paedobaptist
paedobaptists
paedogeneses
paedogenesis (current term)
paedogenetic
paedogenic
paedologist
paedology
paedomorphic
paedomorphism
paedomorphisms
paedomorphoses
paedomorphosis

Literary usage of Paedogenesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"... of attaining reproduction by means of unfertilised eggs is connected the shifting back of this process to an early stage of development (paedogenesis). ..."

2. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"But the most noteworthy case of erratic paedogenesis was found, however, ... Other instances of erratic paedogenesis were met with, but these suffice to ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"Leaving out of consideration reproduction by the division of the whole animal, we find these three kinds of propagation: parthenogenesis, paedogenesis, ..."

4. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The phenomenon of paedogenesis is discussed later in the accounts of the ... This species, therefore, exhibits a transition from paedogenesis to normal ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1903)
"paedogenesis or the parthenogenetic reproduction by larval forms is frequently met ... Siebold (1869) used the term paedogenesis for the reproduction of the ..."

6. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"paedogenesis.—Sexual reproduction is usually carried on only by the adults, ... paedogenesis may be of two types, parthenogenetic or bisexual. ..."

7. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1885)
"Wagner, Meinert, Leuckart and others—the so-called paedogenesis. It has never been observed till now for the Hessian fly, and the principal reason for doubt ..."

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