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Definition of Digenesis
1. Noun. Alternation of sexual and asexual generations.
Definition of Digenesis
1. n. The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.
Definition of Digenesis
1. Noun. (biology) The alternation of sexual and asexual methods of reproduction. ¹
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Definition of Digenesis
1. [n -GENESES]
Medical Definition of Digenesis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Digenesis
Literary usage of Digenesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Human Entozoa: Comprising the Description of the Different Species of by William Abbotts Smith (1863)
"By the term Alternate Generation, or digenesis, is therefore understood the
succession of dissimilar generations, sexual and non-sexual, after which the ..."
2. Animal Parasites and Messmates by Beneden (Pierre Joseph) (1885)
"There is alternation of form, on account of the double multiplication (digenesis)
and migration through several individuals. In other words, the young ..."
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