What does heterotopy mean?

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  1. Heterotopy

    Heterotopy is an evolutionary change in the spatial arrangement of an animal's embryonic development, complementary to heterochrony, a change to the rate or timing of a development process. It was first identified by Ernst Haeckel in 1866 and has remained less well studied than heterochrony.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Heterotopynoun

    a deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation

  2. Heterotopynoun

    a deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells

  3. Etymology: [Hetero- + Gr. place: cf. F. htrotopie.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Heterotopy

    het-e-rot′o-pi, n. misplacement.—adj. Heterot′opous. [Gr. heteros, other, topos, place.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of heterotopy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of heterotopy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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