adjective
- relating to or characterized by metagenesis, the alternation of sexual and asexual reproduction in successive generations
Usage: biology
Examples
- The jellyfish exhibits a metagenetic life cycle with both polyp and medusa stages.
- Many cnidarians display metagenetic reproduction patterns.
- The biologist studied the metagenetic alternation in marine organisms.
- Metagenetic species alternate between different reproductive methods.
- The research focused on metagenetic cycles in colonial hydrozoans.