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heterogenesis [¦hed·ə·rō′jen·ə·səs] (biology) Alternation of generations in a complete life cycle, especially the alternation of a dioecious generation with one or more parthenogenetic generations. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In books such as the Patternist novels, published from 1976 to 1984, and the Xenogenesis trilogy, published from 1987 to 1989 and now collected in the omnibus volume Lilith's Brood, Butler employed the stuff of hard science--biological engineering, interspecies hybrids--to create settings and situations that are both literally and figuratively alien. A physical function of the Oankali and the Oankali-human constructs [in the Xenogenesis Trilogy] that intrigues me is their ability to see without eyes, by means of sensory tentacles or patches rather than human optics. From the Medusa-like appearance of the alien Oankali in her Xenogenesis Trilogy(1) and the archetypal power of the matriarchal shapeshifter Anyanwu in her 1980 novel Wild Seed to Gan's "female" reproductive function for the Tlic in "Bloodchild," Butler is deeply invested in science-fictional metaphors for the "feminine" which challenge traditional representations. |
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