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Atavism

In biology, an atavism is a modification of a biological trait's structure or behavior whereby an ancestral genetic trait reappears after having been lost through evolutionary change in previous generations. Atavisms can occur in several ways, one of which is when genes for previously existing phenotypic features are preserved in DNA, and these become…

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Atavism

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related to Culture · 14
Atavism → Austro-Hungarian Empire, Europe, German Empire, Golden Arches, Guy Standing, He, His, Joseph Schumpeter's, London, Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, This, University, World War
related to Social Darwinism · 12
Atavism → Both, Cesare Lombroso, Darwinists, During, Ernst Haeckel's, He, Heck, His, In, Italian, The, This
related to Biology · 8
Atavism → As, Atavisms, DNA, Evolutionarily, In, Sometimes, Such, The
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Atavism → modification of a biological trait's structure or behavior whereby an ancestral genetic trait reappears after having been lost through evolutionary change in previous generations, tendency of reversion

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trait traits atavisms ancestral biology evolution also social behavior evolutionary humans reappearance atavistic war idea genetic generations several often modern

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Atavismis amodification of a biological trait's structure or behavior whereby an ancestral genetic trait reappears after having been lost through evolutionary change in previous generations0.90text
Atavismis atendency of reversion0.90text
the beagleinstance ofDewclaws in dogs.Reappearance of prothoracic wings in insects.Reappearance of wings on wingless stick insects and leaf insects and earwigs.Atavistic muscles in several birds and…0.80text
the jerboa.Extra toes in guinea pigs.Reemergence of sexual reproduction in the flowering plant Hieracium pilosellaWebbed feet in adult axolotls.Human tailsinstance ofDewclaws in dogs.Reappearance of prothoracic wings in insects.Reappearance of wings on wingless stick insects and leaf insects and earwigs.Atavistic muscles in several birds and…0.80text
Heck cattleinstance ofled to breeds0.80text
Atavismrelated to BiologyEvolutionarily0.60section
Atavismrelated to BiologyDNA0.60section
Atavismrelated to BiologyThe0.60section
Atavismrelated to BiologySuch0.60section
Atavismrelated to BiologyAs0.60section
Atavismrelated to BiologySometimes0.60section
Atavismrelated to BiologyAtavisms0.60section

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