Heterochrony Definition
hĕtə-rō-krŏnē
noun
A change or set of changes in the timing or duration of an organism's ontogenetic development compared with an ancestral species, resulting in morphological differences between ancestor and descendant.
American Heritage Medicine
Origin of Heterochrony
hetero– Greek khronos time –y
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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