life cycle

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Series of stages, from a given point in one generation to the same point in next generation, e.g., egglarva-adult-egg (hyphenated when used as an adjective, e.g., life-cycle strategy).
See also: life history, life-cycle study
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 905 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'life cycle' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14795 RIS BibTex EndNote
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