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Animal Kingdom — BIOLOGY STD 11 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceBIOLOGYAnimal Kingdom1 Mark
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What is metagenesis? Mention an example which exhibits this phenomenon.
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Answer

In some cnidarians, polyps reproduce medusae asexually and medusae form the polyps sexually. Such alternation of asexual and sexual phases in the life cycle of cnidarians is called metagenesis e.g., Obelici.

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