nonmetameric

(ˌnɒnmɛtəˈmɛrɪk)

adj

not metameric

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References in periodicals archive

In the years since, their results have been generalized and applied to nonmetameric situations.

A test of the S/P ratio as a correlate for brightness perception using rapid-sequential and side-by-side experimental protocols

The ontogenies of all seed plant female gametophytes are determinate, nonmetameric (the sporophytes of seed plants have an indeterminate and metameric architecture), and as a consequence of being the sexual generation of the life cycle, involve the differentiation of gametes.

Heterochrony and developmental innovation: evolution of female gametophyte ontogeny in Gnetum, a highly apomorphic seed plant

This condition is analogous to heterochronic shifts of traits in nonmetameric animals.

Comparative ontogeny of a wild cucurbit and its derived cultivar

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