what is neoteny? In which group of vertebrate does this phenomena occur?
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what is neoteny? In which group of vertebrate does this phenomena occur?
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Neoteny is found in modern humans. In progenesis (also called paedogenesis), sexual development is accelerated. Both neoteny and progenesis result in paedomorphism (or paedomorphosis), a type of heterochrony. ... Such retention is important in evolutionary biology, domestication and evolutionary developmental biology.