NEOTENY
- the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle
- slowing of the rate of development with the consequent retention in adulthood of a feature or features that appeared in an earlier phase in the life cycle of ancestral individuals
- attainment of sexual maturity in the larval stage [n NEOTENIES] : NEOTENIC [adj]
- retention of some larval or immature characters in adulthood
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