Definitions for: Palingenesis

[n] emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

Webster (1913) Definition: Pal`in*gen"e*sis, Palingenesy Pal`in*gen"e*sy,
n. [Gr. ?; ? again + ? birth: cf. F. paling['e]n['e]sie. See
Genesis.]
1. A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued
existence in different manner or form.

2. (Biol.) That form of evolution in which the truly
ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced
in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished
from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zo["o]logy, the abrupt
metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.

Synonyms: recapitulation

Antonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis

See Also: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

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