Meaning of subitaneous | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Sudden; suddenly done or made.
   obsolete
2. Immediately developing (as contrasted with e.g. diapausing).

Examples

“... subitaneous (immediately developing) and diapausing (dormant) eggs, brood retention, environmental sex determination and suppression of meiosis in subitaneous eggs. The production of subitaneous and diapausing eggs is[…]”

“... subitaneous or resting. This is enough to make the Calanoida eggs (about 104–106 m-2 of bottom area) more abundant than those of Rotifera (about 104 m-2) and Cladocera (about 103–105 m-2) in sediment assemblages (Hairston 1996). Among[…]”

“... subitaneous offspring (Arbačiauskas 1998). The larger early fecundity at high food concentrations resulted in higher fitness of post-diapause females also in D. magna; however, a trend for a higher fitness in subitaneous offspring was[…]”

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