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noun alternation of generations the production within the life cycle of an organism of alternating asexual and sexual reproductive forms. It occurs in many plants and lower animals 3
noun alternation of generations the regular alternation of two distinct body forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal, usually an alternation between a form that reproduces sexually and one that reproduces asexually 3
noun alternation of generations the alternation in an organism's life cycle of dissimilar reproductive forms, especially the alternation of sexual with asexual reproduction. 1
noun alternation of generations (biology) metagenesis. 0

before 1855

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First recorded in 1855-60

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