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Meaning of "heterochronic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROCHRONIC

heterochronic  [ˌhɛtərəʊˈkrɒnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROCHRONIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heterochronic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HETEROCHRONIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heterochronic in the English dictionary

The definition of heterochronic in the dictionary is occurring at different times or stages.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROCHRONIC


Aaronic
ɛəˈrɒnɪk
anachronic
ˌænəˈkrɒnɪk
animatronic
ˌænɪməˈtrɒnɪk
boronic
bɔːˈrɒnɪk
Byronic
baɪˈrɒnɪk
chronic
ˈkrɒnɪk
diachronic
ˌdaɪəˈkrɒnɪk
electronic
ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk
hadronic
hædˈrɒnɪk
hyaluronic
ˌhaɪəlʊˈrɒnɪk
hydronic
haɪˈdrɒnɪk
ironic
aɪˈrɒnɪk
mechatronic
ˌmɛkəˈtrɒnɪk
microelectronic
ˈmaɪkrəʊɪlekˈtrɒnɪk
moronic
mɔːˈrɒnɪk
optoelectronic
ˌɒptəʊɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk
saronic
səˈrɒnɪk
synchronic
sɪnˈkrɒnɪk
Tiptronic
tɪpˈtrɒnɪk
vibronic
vaɪˈbrɒnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROCHRONIC

heterocarpous
heterocercal
heterocercality
heterocercy
heterochlamydeous
heterochromatic
heterochromatin
heterochromatism
heterochromosome
heterochromous
heterochronism
heterochronous
heterochrony
heteroclite
heteroclitic
heteroclitous
heterocont
heterocycle
heterocyclic
heterocyst

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROCHRONIC

acoustoelectronic
aleuronic
cistronic
Decameronic
gyronic
iconic
interelectronic
macaronic
mesenteronic
neuronic
neutronic
nonelectronic
oxymoronic
peristeronic
photoelectronic
polycistronic
technetronic
tironic
tyronic
unironic

Synonyms and antonyms of heterochronic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heterochronic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HETEROCHRONIC

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The translations of heterochronic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heterochronic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

异时
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heterocrónico
570 millions of speakers

English

heterochronic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

heterochronic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متفاوت الزمنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гетерохронных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heterocrônico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heterochronic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hétérochronique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heterochronic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heterochronen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

異時
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

heterochronic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heterochronic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heterochronic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

heterochronic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेरोरोरिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heterochronic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eterocronica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heterochronic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гетерохронностью
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heterochronic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

heterochronic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heterochronic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heterochronic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heterochronic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heterochronic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROCHRONIC»

The term «heterochronic» is normally little used and occupies the 143.698 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROCHRONIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heterochronic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROCHRONIC»

Discover the use of heterochronic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterochronic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
MicroRNAs: From Basic Science to Disease Biology
This pathway is often referred to as the heterochronic pathway, a term borrowed from evolutionary biology (Gould, 2000). The heterochronic pathway has recently been reviewed in detail elsewhere (Rougvie, 2005). Study of the heterochronic ...
Krishnarao Appasani, 2008
2
Cell Fusion in Health and Disease: I: Cell Fusion in Health
2.1 The heterochronic pathway. Simplified model of the heterochronic gene pathway controlling the terminal seam cells differentiation For example, two nematodes species, Pristionchus pacificus, and C. elegans, display heterochronic ...
Thomas Dittmar, Kurt S. Zänker, 2011
3
Human Evolution Through Developmental Change
Animal. Domestication. and. Heterochronic. Speciation. The. Role. of. Thyroid. Hormone. SUSAN J. CROCKFORD Interpreting speciation events from the paleontological record is as difficult in hominid lineages as in other vertebrate and ...
Nancy Minugh-Purvis, Kenneth J. McNamara, 2002
4
Role of the Heterochronic Gene Lin-41 During Vertebrate ...
The heterochronic gene, lin-41, is known to control the timing of key developmental events during the lifespan of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. lin-41 orthologues are conserved in all higher organisms including both mice and humans. ...
Betsy Rebecca Maller Schulman, 2006
5
Mechanisms of Life History Evolution: The Genetics and ...
lin-14 Transition DA L1L2 lin-28 lin-4 hbl-1 L2L3 L4Ad let-7 mir-48 mir-84 mir- 241 lin-29 lin-41 DAF-12 Figure 22-2 Heterochronic genes regulate developmental timing of seam cells. lin-4 miRNA down-regulates LIN-14/nuclear protein and ...
Thomas Flatt, Andreas Heyland, 2011
6
Environment, Development, and Evolution: Toward a Synthesis
Ryuichi Matsuda (1987) considered "embryonization" — the heterochronic pattern wherein the free-swimming larval stage that characterizes animals which reproduce with small ova is included in the intraoval development period that ...
Brian Keith Hall, Roy Douglas Pearson, Gerd B. Müller, 2004
7
The Origin and Evolution of Larval Forms
Heterochronic change induced by phenotypic plasticity probably cannot be genetically assimilated to produce a fixed heterochronic evolutionary change in the larval development of sea urchins merely through an increase in egg size. Thus ...
Brian Keith Hall, Marvalee H. Wake, 1999
8
Evolutionary Developmental Biology
24.1.4 'Heterochronic genes' Richard Goldschmidt (1938, 1940) argued that timing and rate of development are under genetic control, leading some authors to search for 'heterochronic genes'. But given the integration of vertebrate ...
Brian K. Hall, 1999
9
Evolution: A Developmental Approach
If so, then the heterochronic shift to post-fertilisation provisioning must have been an important element of the transition to the more typical angiosperm condition. One possible selective advantage of this shift is that the parental plant wastes no  ...
Wallace Arthur, 2010
10
MicroRNAs in Development and Cancer
Heterochronic mutants of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Science 226, 409—416. Ambros V. and Horvitz H.R. (1987). The lin-14 locus of Caenorhabditis elegans controls the time of expression of specific postembryonic developmental  ...
Frank J. Slack, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETEROCHRONIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heterochronic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
MacroH2A1 downregulation enhances the stem-like properties of …
Article | PubMed | ISI | CAS |; Moss EG, Tang L. Conservation of the heterochronic regulator Lin-28, its developmental expression and ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
2
Mantle margin morphogenesis in Nodipecten nodosus (Mollusca …
This could be explained by distinct rates of differentiation during ontogeny [59], [60], leading to heterochronic alterations across the Bivalvia. «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
3
GDF11—Not So Fast
Heterochronic parabiosis” is the sanitized word for sewing together as Siamese twins two animals of the same species but different ages. «ScienceBlog.com, May 15»
4
Having young blood keeps your bones healing faster
Here we show that exposure to youthful circulation by heterochronic parabiosis reverses the aged fracture repair phenotype and the diminished ... «Next Big Future, May 15»
5
h+ Media | ALK5 A Single Drug Simultaneously Rejuvenates …
Heterochronic parabiosis for the study of the effects of aging on stem cells and their niches. Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex). 2012; 11:2260–2267. «h+ Magazine, May 15»
6
Studies Conflict on Regenerative Molecule
... method called heterochronic parabiosis remodeled the older animal's heart to a more youthful state. It appeared that GDF11 was responsible ... «The Scientist, May 15»
7
MiR-34a Link to PD-L1 May Mean New Immunotherapy in NSCLC
Lee RC, Feinbaum RL, Ambros V. The C. elegans heterochronic gene lin-4 encodes small RNAs with antisense complementarity to lin-14. Cell. «Targeted Oncology, May 15»
8
Do mole rats hold the key to immortality?
The mid-1800s produced another similarly wacky study called “heterochronic” parabiosis. Not for the faint of heart, parabiosis involves suturing ... «New York Post, Mar 15»
9
Skidmore professor uses 3D imaging to study canid evolution
... Amherst, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program, publishing her dissertation on “Heterochronic Evolution in the Skull Morphology of ... «The Saratogian, Mar 15»
10
The Vampire Cure for Aging
Heterochronic means differently aged and parabiosis means next to life. In their experiments the researchers basically sewed together young ... «Reason, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Heterochronic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/heterochronic>. May 2024 ».
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