Dauermodification
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dauermodification is a noun meaning The persistence of an abnormal characteristic – generally an environmentally induced trait – over several generations of the organism. Such characteristics are inherited through the cytoplasm and tend to disappear after a few generations.
Meaning
The persistence of an abnormal characteristic – generally an environmentally induced trait – over several generations of the organism. Such characteristics are inherited through the cytoplasm and tend to disappear after a few generations.
Example Sentences
Cytoplasmic inheritance or dauermodification are considered the most likely explanations for this difference in photoperiod reaction.
... dauermodification, but after a second autogamy, and also after a succeeding conjugation, the dauermodification appeared again. A more convincing demonstration of the calcium dauermodification was later made by Orlova (1941)[…]
Word Forms
- dauermodifications
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include modification, ecad, paedomorphy, foetalization, variation, pedomorphism.
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