What is "digenesis"

Digenesis \Di*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.

n. (context biology English) The alternation of sexual and asexual methods of reproduction.

n. alternation of sexual and asexual generations [syn: metagenesis]