The axolotl is a species of salamander that retains its juvenile aquatic form throughout adulthood, an excellent example of full neoteny.
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One way is when genes for previously existing fetal development of a trait ( neoteny ) or by prolongation of the same.
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One well known hypothesis might be that neoteny has some advantage in developing intelligence, but sexual selection supplies another potential explanation.
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The result of this process is that we bred them for neoteny, which means the adults still behave much like kittens.
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Neoteny has been important to human evolution, because it has increased the maturation period and the size of the human brain.
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McDowell ( 1948 ) asserted that the similarities in the palate anatomy of paleognathes might actually be neoteny, or retained embryonic features.
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In this case, flatfacedness is a neoteny, and again there is a possible confusion engendered by the term " primitive ".
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Although ponies exhibit some neoteny with the wide foreheads and small size, their body proportions are similar to that of an adult horse.
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Huxley came from a well-known family of biologists, and his grasp of the principle of neoteny seems to reflect this influence.
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While ponies exhibit some neoteny with the wide foreheads and small size, their body proportions are similar to that of an adult horse.
