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progenesis

Scope: evolution
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on progenesis with 9 nodes and 16 connections. Top connected: phenotypic plasticity, nutritional niche partitioning, facultative paedomorphosis, heterochrony, Howard Whiteman.

Definition

Acceleration of gonad development which becomes functional at a significantly younger age than the usual onset of maturity in metamorphs

Publications (1)

article

Evolutionary ecology of facultative paedomorphosis in news and salamanders

2005Biological Reviewsmeasured

Related Concepts (4)

facultative paedomorphosis

process2 shared papers

nutritional niche partitioning

theory1 shared paper

phenotypic plasticity

process1 shared paper

heterochrony

process1 shared paper