alternation of generations en · NOUN
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(uncountable) Synonym of metagenesis.
Hofmeister (1851) discovered alternation of generations and demonstrated the connection between the pteridophytes and the bryophytes, giving rise to the concept of the archegoniates.
1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 130:
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cmn 世代交替 (metagenesis) · fr alternance de générations (metagenesis) · fa تناوب نسل (metagenesis) · ca alternança de generacions (metagenesis) · tl halinhinan ng salinhay (metagenesis) · es alternancia de generaciones (metagenesis)