archallaxis

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Noun

The [[complete]] [[elimination]] of [[palingenetic]] [[feature]]s during the [[development]] of an [[embryo]], such that [[ontogeny]] begins with an [[early]] [[deviation]] from the [[ancestral]] [[pattern]].

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