| paedomorphosis |
Some organisms, like Olympic's Cope's Giant Salamander, have the ability to retain ancestral juvenile characteristics throughout successive stages of their lifecycle. Even though paedomophic species appear to be juveniles, they still have the ability to reproducess successfully.
출처: www.nps.gov/olym/edgloss.htm
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| paedomorphic |
Paedomorphic organisms retain some juvenile (or larval) characteristics during thier adult stage. An example of a paedomophic species is Cope's Giant Salamander; although it apprears to be a juvenile throughout its life, it can successfully reproduce. Monoclonius is a plant-eating dinosaur that may have paedomorphic (juvenile-like) features. PAKICETUS Pakicetus is an early fossil whale with a pointed snout. It was about 6 ft (1.8 m) long. ...
출처: www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/gloss...
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| paedomorphosis |
The retention of ancestral juvenile characteristics in the adult stage of descendents (compare: Neoteny, Progenesis)
출처: www.uoguelph.ca/~mammals/Mammalogy_2005_glossary.h...
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| paedomorphosis |
Possession in the adult stage of features typical of the juvenile stage of the organism
출처: evolution.unibe.ch/teaching/GlossarE.htm
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| paedomorphosis |
the retention of juvenile characteristics by adult organisms.
출처: www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/classes/bio406/glossary...
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