English Explanatory Dictionary

dauermodification

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

dauermodification dauermodifications

Etymology

From German Dauer + English modification.

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