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Neoteny

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004371

The persistence of some larval or juvenile characteristics in adults of the species, as seen in some amphibians, worms, arthropods, plants etc.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004371
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymspaedomorphosis
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoEvolution; Phylogeny; Metamorphosis
TranslationsSpanish: neotenia
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004371",
  "term": "Neoteny",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The persistence of some larval or juvenile characteristics in adults of the species, as seen in some amphibians, worms, arthropods, plants etc.",
  "synonyms": [
    "paedomorphosis"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "evolution",
    "phylogeny",
    "metamorphosis"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "neotenia"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/neoteny/"
}

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