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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | Copyright

paedomorphosis Evolutionary change that results in the retention of juvenile characters into adult life. It may be the result of neoteny, of progenesis, or of postdisplacement. It permits an ‘escape’ from specialization, and has been invoked to account for the origin of many taxa, from subspecies to phyla.

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