pedomorphy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative spelling of paedomorphy. US,alt-of,alternative,uncountable
    — Richard Wrangham has noted that the domestication of animals usually tames them by slowing down components of the developmental timetable to retain juvenile traits into adulthood, a process called pedomorphy or neoteny.

词源

From pedo- (“child”) + -morphy.
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