cenogenetic

• Fachbegriff der Evolutionsbiologie für embryonale Anpassungen, also Merkmale, die nur in frühen Entwicklungsstadien auftreten und bei der adulten Form fehlen oder verloren gehen.

A highly specialized and obsolete biological term referring to characteristics that appear during embryonic development but are not present in the adult form, or to adaptive modifications in early development.

1. Relating to cenogenesisC2formalscientific

   Pertaining to the evolutionary development of characteristics that appear in the early stages of an organism's life but are not present in its adult form.

   Den Zänogenese betreffend

   • The cenogenetic features of the tadpole are lost as it matures into a frog.
   • Researchers studied the cenogenetic adaptations in larval stages of marine invertebrates.
   • Cenogenetic traits often provide temporary advantages during early development.