- atavism (biology)
Generated definitions (experimental)
- atavism (biology)
This term refers to the reappearance of ancestral traits in an organism that were not present in recent generations. It often occurs in genetics when traits or characteristics that were common in distant ancestors suddenly manifest in the descendants.
Some animals exhibit atavism after genetic mutations.
Scientists have conducted in-depth studies on this atavism phenomenon.
Generated collocations (experimental)
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