Definition of METAGENESIS

metagenesis

Meanings

Plural: metageneses

Noun

  • alternation of sexual and asexual generations
  • The production of sexual and asexual organisms in alternate generations.

Origin / Etymology

From meta- + -genesis.

Synonyms

alternation of generations, digenesis, heterogenesis

Scrabble Score: 14

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