di·gen·e·sis
(dī-jen'ĕ-sis), Reproduction in distinctive patterns in alternate generations, as seen in the nonsexual (invertebrate) and the sexual (vertebrate) cycles of digenetic trematode parasites.
[G. di-, two, + G. genesis, generation]
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di·gen·e·sis
(dī-jen'ĕ-sis) Reproduction in distinctive patterns in alternate generations, as seen in the nonsexual (invertebrate) and the sexual (vertebrate) cycles of digenetic trematode parasites.
[G. di-, two, + G. genesis, generation]
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digenesis
the alternation of a sexual with an asexual generation.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005