Heterogenesis

/ˌhɛtəʊrəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/

/ˌhɛtərəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/

Translation of "heterogenesis" into Russian

Noun

/ˌhɛtəʊrəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/

/ˌhɛtərəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/

heterogenesis

heterogeneses pl

Heterogenesis is a biological process involving the alternation of generations.

Гетерогенез — это биологический процесс, включающий чередование поколений.

Noun

/ˌhɛtəʊrəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/

/ˌhɛtərəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/

The alternation of generations, especially the alternation of a sexual with an asexual generation.

In some plants, heterogenesis is observed as they switch between sexual and asexual reproduction.

The production of successive generations that differ markedly in form or mode of existence from the parent organism; biological metamorphosis.

In holometabolous insects, heterogenesis leads from a larval caterpillar to an adult butterfly.

(obsolete) The supposed spontaneous generation of living organisms from non-living matter.

Before Pasteur disproved it, heterogenesis was invoked to explain the appearance of maggots in decaying meat.