Pedomorphy

"Pedomorphy" in a Sentence (1 examples)

Richard Wrangham has noted that the domestication of animals usually tames them by slowing down components of the developmental timetable to retain juvenile traits into adulthood, a process called pedomorphy or neoteny.

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