metagenesis

[met-uh-jen-uh-sis]

met·a·gen·e·sis

[met-uh-jen-uh-sis]
noun Biology.
reproduction characterized by the alternation of a sexual generation and a generation that reproduces asexually; alternation of generations.

Origin:
1885–90; meta- + genesis

met·a·ge·net·ic [met-uh-juh-net-ik] , met·a·gen·ic, adjective
met·a·ge·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Metagenesis is always a great word to know.
So is yellow-green algae. Does it mean:
the species of a genus that is regarded as the best example of the generic characters of the genus, from which a genus was originally named
single-celled colonial algae occurring in soil and on moist rocks and vegetation and also as a slime or scum on ponds and stagnant waters
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World English Dictionary
metagenesis (ˌmɛtəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs)
 
n
another name for alternation of generations
 
metagenetic
 
adj
 
meta'genic
 
adj
 
metage'netically
 
adv

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metagenesis met·a·gen·e·sis (mět'ə-jěn'ĭ-sĭs)
n.
See alternation of generations.

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