an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species
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neoteny::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | evolutionary trend |
| Derivation | neotenic |
Examples of neoteny
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More than 40 salamander species in nine families display features of neoteny.
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This rapid evolution of dogs from wolves is an example of neoteny or paedomorphism.
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This may also be linked to neoteny in humans, as vellus hair is a juvenile characteristic.
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If the other 508 have similar functions it looks as though the neoteny theory has fared very well indeed.
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Species which exhibit neoteny, a type of pedomorphosis, include human, ostrich, pekingese and axolotl.
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Neoteny in American perceptions of animals.
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This general trend is known as neoteny.
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Gould suggested a mild intensification of neoteny in Mongoloids, in whom it has been given the name pedomorphy.
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The idea was based on observations of neoteny.
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- An evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species
- (neotenic) of or relating to or characterized by neoteny; "neotenic development"
- Neoteny , also called juvenilization, is the retention, by adults in a species, of traits previously seen only in juveniles (a kind of pedomorphosis), and is a subject studied in the field of developmental biology. ...
- The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult; The sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage
- (neotenic) Reaching sexual maturity while still in larval form; some salamanders.
- (Neotenic) An individual salamander which has never undergone the transformation to adulthood by developing gills but has become sexually mature and is able to breed.
- (Neotenic) mature individuals that retain immature characteristics. For example, mudpuppies retain gills into adulthood and are therefore considered neotenic.
- The persistence in the reproductively-mature adult of characters usually associated with the immature organism.
- Process of development in which sexual maturation in the definitive site and host is associated with retention of some larval characters
