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Meaning of "heterochrony" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROCHRONY

heterochrony  [ˌhetəˈrɒkrənɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROCHRONY

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Heterochrony is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HETEROCHRONY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heterochrony

In biology, heterochrony is defined as a developmental change in the timing of events, leading to changes in size and shape. There are two main components, namely the onset and offset of a particular process, and the rate at which the process operates. A developmental process in one species can only be described as heterochronic in relation to the same process in another species, considered the basal or ancestral state, which operates with different onset and/or offset times, and/or at different rates. The concept was first introduced by Ernst Haeckel in 1875. An example can best illustrate the three dimensions of heterochrony. ▪ Predisplacement and postdisplacement: If a developmental process, such as the growth of a tail in the embryo of "species A", starts earlier and ends earlier than that of "species B", but the rate of growth is the same for both, the final result may basically be the same, although the tail of species A develops earlier than the one of species B. The earlier exhibits predisplacement, and the later species exhibits postdisplacement.

Definition of heterochrony in the English dictionary

The definition of heterochrony in the dictionary is heterochronism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROCHRONY


Albany
ˈɔːlbənɪ
Anthony
ˈæntənɪ
asynchrony
eɪˈsɪŋkrənɪ
balcony
ˈbælkənɪ
barony
ˈbærənɪ
ceremony
ˈsɛrɪmənɪ
chevrony
ˈʃɛvrənɪ
company
ˈkʌmpənɪ
diachrony
daɪˈækrənɪ
ebony
ˈɛbənɪ
Germany
ˈdʒɜːmənɪ
harmony
ˈhɑːmənɪ
irony
ˈaɪrənɪ
perone
ˈpɛrənɪ
saffrony
ˈsæfrənɪ
symphony
ˈsɪmfənɪ
synchrony
ˈsɪŋkrənɪ
synthroni
ˈsɪnθrənɪ
tiffany
ˈtɪfənɪ
tyranny
ˈtɪrənɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROCHRONY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROCHRONY

agony
Antony
awards ceremony
bony
colony
crony
dramatic irony
drony
felony
matrimony
opening ceremony
peony
phony
pony
Socratic irony
stony
telephony
testimony
tony
tragic irony

Synonyms and antonyms of heterochrony in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heterochrony» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HETEROCHRONY

Find out the translation of heterochrony to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heterochrony from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heterochrony» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

heterochrony
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heterocronía
570 millions of speakers

English

heterochrony
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

heterochrony
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

heterochrony
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гетерохрония
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heterocronia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heterochrony
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hétérochronisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heterochrony
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heterochronie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

異時性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

heterochrony
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heterochrony
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heterochrony
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இதரகாலவுண்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिटरचोनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heterochrony
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eterocronia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heterochrony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гетерохрония
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heterochrony
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

heterochrony
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heterochronie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heterochrony
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heterochrony
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heterochrony

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROCHRONY»

The term «heterochrony» is normally little used and occupies the 147.039 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROCHRONY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROCHRONY»

Discover the use of heterochrony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterochrony and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Beyond heterochrony: the evolution of development
They present their research and consider all sides of the often controversial concept of heterochrony without intellectual limits. In looking beyond heterochrony, this book attends to a variety of explanations for evolutionary development.
Miriam Zelditch, 2001
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Evolutionary change and heterochrony
Biologists, palaeontologists and anthropologists present overviews of current heterochrony activity in their disciplines covering the molecular and cell biology, macroevolution, speciation, ecology, sexual selection and behaviour in extinct ...
Ken McNamara, 1995
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Developmental Plasticity and Evolution
Heterochrony is historically the most important category of evolutionary change in development. If defined as evolutionary change in regulatory timing, it can be construed to include virtually all evolutionary transitions between phenotypic ...
Mary Jane West-Eberhard, 2003
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Encyclopedia of Time
Samuel L. Macey. HETEROCHRONY 261 fined as much through its affinity with absence ... HETEROCHRONY. Heterochrony, literally "different time," is technically defined as evolution by change in timing of development. While the process is ...
Samuel L. Macey, 2013
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Favorite Demonstrations for College Science: An NSTA Press ...
Heterochrony,. defined as evolutionary changeina lineage in the timing of development,is a topic treated in several popularcollege textbooks for introductorybiology or evolution courses (e.g., Campbell, Reece, and Mitchell 1999; Guttman ...
Brian Shmaefsky, 2004
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Human Evolution Through Developmental Change
Nearly everyone agrees that heterochrony has played some important role in human evolution. The exact nature of this role and, in particular, the type or types of heterochrony involved are not so well agreed upon. The notion of humans as ...
Nancy Minugh-Purvis, Kenneth J. McNamara, 2002
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The Anther: Form, Function, and Phylogeny
6. •. Heterochrony. in. the. anther. JEFFREY. P. HILL. Fig. 1. Early stamen development in Arabidopsis thaliana. All sections. INTRODUCTION The morphological and cellular bases of development of the angiosperm anther have been the ...
William G. D'Arcy, Richard C. Keating, 1996
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Phenotypic Integration : Studying the Ecology and Evolution ...
But numerous empirical studies challenge that expectation, or, more precisely, they challenge the hypothesis that heterochrony is a global phenomenon. That is because many studies, perhaps even most, conclude that different parts of the ...
Massimo Pigliucci Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Katherine Preston Department of Biological Science Stanford University, 2004
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Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition
5.5.5 Heterochrony The evolutionary change in the relative timing of developmental processes (heterochrony) has often been implicated as a source of phenotypic novelty (Klingenberg 1998). The idea that the transition from wolf to dog was ...
Ã?dám Miklósi, 2008
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Plant Systematics
An evolutionary change in the rate or timing of development is known as heterochrony. Heterochrony has apparently been an important evolutionary mechanism in many groups, in which the relatively simple evolutionary alteration of a ...
Michael G. Simpson, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETEROCHRONY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heterochrony is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sino-Cambodian Relations: Recent Economic And Military …
“Hybridity as Heterochrony.” World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research 70 (2014): 486-495. Lim, Alvin Cheng-Hin. “'Iron Brothers': ... «Eurasia Review, Jun 15»
2
Mantle margin morphogenesis in Nodipecten nodosus (Mollusca …
Heterochrony has been suggested as the reason for modifications in developmental time of bivalve larvae and for significant anatomical and ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
3
Problem 8: Differences Between Vertebrate Embryos Contradict the …
... Michael K. Richardson, "Heterochrony and the Phylotypic Period," Developmental Biology, 172 (1995): 412-421; Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, ... «Discovery Institute, Feb 15»
4
National Heterologies: On the Materiality and Mediality of Flags …
Rather, they are drifting apart, forming a heterochrony. The absence of any pathos or submission in the pose and gaze of the child reminds us ... «E-Flux, Feb 14»
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Opening the Fossil Record for Open Access Week
... Scolieri B, Werning S. (2013) Ontogeny in the tube-crested dinosaur Parasaurolophus (Hadrosauridae) and heterochrony in hadrosaurids. «PLoS Blogs, Oct 13»
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How a teenager beat out the pros to find a weird baby dinosaur
In addition to Farke and Werning, the authors of "Ontogeny in the Tube-Crested Dinosaur Parasaurolophus (Hadrosauridae) and Heterochrony ... «NBCNews.com, Oct 13»
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New bio-imaging technology peers into the heart of embryo …
Science has long suspected that heterochrony – the altered timing of developmental events between ancestors and descendants – could be ... «Phys.Org, Aug 13»
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The Invention of Childhood, or Why It Hurts to Have a Baby [Excerpt]
... their time or halt altogether has generated a flock of terms related to neoteny—paedomorphosis, heterochrony, progenesis, hypermorphosis, ... «Scientific American, Apr 13»
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The difference between a mole and shrew is in their SOX
... Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, explained, "This difference in timing of expression of a gene is called transcriptional heterochrony. «Phys.Org, Aug 12»
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The latest issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach
... Few Easy Lessons"; "Heterochrony: The Evolution of Development"; "The Body Plan Concept and Its Centrality in Evo-Devo"; and "Coming to ... «National Center for Science Education, Jul 12»

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