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neoteny
neoteny A form of
heterochrony that involves the slowing down in a descendant of part or all of its ancestor's rate of development, so that at least some aspects of the descendant resemble a (generally large-sized) juvenile stage of the ancestor. This may lead to
paedomorphosis. Since the juvenile stages of many organisms are less specialized than the corresponding adult stages, such shifts allow the organisms concerned to switch to new evolutionary pathways. The word comes from the Greek
neos (meaning ‘youthful’). Neoteny is common among
Urodela.
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JAPAN'S NEOTENY LINKS UP WITH SINGAPOREAN RESEARCH LAB.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 1/19/2001; 700+ words
; ...January 18--/KYODO JBN-AsiaNet/-- Neoteny, Co., Ltd., Japan's leading early...other's market. With this arrangement, Neoteny will also be able to leverage KRDL's...up projects can now be incubated in Neoteny, leveraging on Neoteny's business and...
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Neoteny Launches Japan's First Self-Financing Internet Incubator.
PR Newswire; 1/19/2000; 700+ words
; TOKYO, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Neoteny Co., Ltd. of Shibuya, Tokyo announced...Whitney & Co. and PSINet Ventures. Neoteny will become Japan's first self-financing...four companies already in incubation and Neoteny intends to incubate as many as 90 companies...
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Be careful of neoteny in squash. (Research Update: from the 1991 Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, of the American Institute of Biological Sciences)
Magazine article from: BioScience; 12/1/1991; ; 699 words
; ...patterns by which evolutionary change has been described is neoteny, the persistence (through reproductive maturity) of an early...in Storrs has determined that the cultivar is not a case of neoteny due to a loss of a change in leaf shape. Her data refutes...
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The wizard: a remarkable veterinarian with a burning curiosity offers some remarkable insights into dog behavior.(James Roush)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Field & Stream (West ed.); 2/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...first comment to Doc is, "I understand neoteny is the reason we have domestic dogs." (Neoteny [nee-OUGHT-toe-nee] is a concept...the adult dog always remains a puppy "Neoteny helps explain how the wolf gave us his pup...
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Ontogeny and heterochrony in the middle carboniferous ammonoid Arkanites relictus (Quinn, McCaleb, and Webb) from Northern Arkansas
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...reference morph) is the result of acceleration, neoteny, or hypermorphosis plus neoteny. If size (diameter) is considered a proxy for...diameter), the compressed morphs developed via neoteny relative to the depressed morphs. If septal count...
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Perpetual puppyhood. (hunting dog breeds retain puppy traits) (column)
Magazine article from: Outdoor Life; 1/1/1984; ; 700+ words
; ...instincts as well. The word for it is "neoteny," most often defined as the retention...about perpetual puppyhood! But human neoteny hasn't impaired our ability to function...which they evolved. Physical evidence of neoteny is easy to see. Dewclaws reach far back...
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Research from Palacky University, Department of Zoology has provided new data on life sciences.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Science Letter; 9/23/2008; 700+ words
; ...findings, 'Multiple ancient origins of neoteny in Lycidae(Coleoptera): consequences...research from Olomouc, Czech Republic, "Neoteny, the maintenance of larval features in...Proceedings (Multiple ancient origins of neoteny in Lycidae(Coleoptera): consequences...
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Japanese Internet Star Pushes Blogs
News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/30/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...is the founder and chief executive of Neoteny Co., a venture capital firm that has...he recently decided against expanding Neoteny's dozen-company portfolio to focus...service for bloggers, but he has created a Neoteny blogging team to feed the fad. Blogs...
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Japanese Web Star Spreads Blogging Gospel
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...is the founder and chief executive of Neoteny Co., a venture capital firm that has...he recently decided against expanding Neoteny's dozen-company portfolio to focus...service for bloggers, but he has created a Neoteny blogging team to feed the fad. Blogs...
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Puppy love's dark side What's really behind our deep affection for dogs?
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/30/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...cuddly, whereas robot dogs are not. "Neoteny," the retention of juvenile features...Coren argues that "domestication and neoteny seem to go hand-in- hand." People...species as well. Thomas reasons that neoteny is part of this phenomenon-dogs treat...
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neoteny
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
neoteny , in biology, sexual maturity reached...If environmental conditions improve, neoteny is reversible; i.e., the larvae can...metamorphosis and attain normal maturity. When neoteny occurs in some salamanders (see axolotl...
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heterochrony in palaeontology
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...six kinds of heterochrony are possible: neoteny (slower rate), acceleration (faster...Thus, paedomorphosis could be caused by neoteny, or by post-displacement or progenesis...the processes would probably have been neoteny and post-displacement. Although these...
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Heterochrony
Book article from: Animal Sciences
...described as either acceleration or retardation (also called neoteny). Classes of Heterochronic Development Developmental heterochronic...developmental stages in their ancestors). Paedomorphosis via neoteny often results from selection operating under particular stable...
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axolotl
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...losing its larval characteristics. This phenomenon is called neoteny; in salamanders it is apparently caused by certain environmental...American tiger salamander, Abystoma tigrinum, often exhibits neoteny in the Rocky Mts., where the iodine content of the water...
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Montagu, Ashley
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...and of human evolutionary biology. He championed the idea of neoteny — the retention of infant traits into adulthood...failure to capitalize on it as our greatest danger. Human neoteny was biologically rooted, but it gave us an astonishing flexibility...
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