heterogony

heterogony
/het'euh rog"euh nee/, n. Biol.
1. the alternation of dioecious and hermaphroditic individuals in successive generations, as in certain nematodes.
2. the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
[1865-70; HETERO- + -GONY]

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