Metamerism (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. Zoology.
    • division into metameres, the developmental process of somite formation.
    • existence in a metameric state.
  2. isomerism resulting from the attachment of different groups to the same atom, as C2H5NHC2H5 and CH3NHC3H7.
noun
  1. the division of an animal into similar segments (metameres). In many vertebrates it is confined to the embryonic nervous and muscular systems
  2. a type of isomerism in which molecular structures differ by the attachment of different groups to the same atom, as in CH 3 OC 3 H 7 and C 2 H 5 OC 2 H 5
Metamerism (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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