acquired characteristic

noun

a characteristic of an organism that results from increased use or disuse of an organ or the effects of the environment and cannot be inheritedSee also Lamarckism

Words nearby acquired characteristic

acquire, acquired, acquired antibody, acquired behaviour, acquired character, acquired characteristic, acquired drive, acquired epileptic aphasia, acquired Fanconi's syndrome, acquired hyperlipoproteinemia, acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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Scientific definitions for acquired characteristic

acquired characteristic

[ ə-kwīrd′ ]

A nonhereditary change of function or structure in a plant or animal made in response to the environment. Acquired characteristics include bodily changes brought about by disease or by repeated use or disuse of a body part (as in the building or atrophy of muscle tissue). The heritability of acquired characteristics was advocated by certain biological theorists like Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and rejected by Charles Darwin in his formulation of the theory of evolution.

单词	acquired characteristic
释义	acquired characteristic noun a characteristic of an organism that results from increased use or disuse of an organ or the effects of the environment and cannot be inheritedSee also Lamarckism Words nearby acquired characteristic acquire, acquired, acquired antibody, acquired behaviour, acquired character, acquired characteristic, acquired drive, acquired epileptic aphasia, acquired Fanconi's syndrome, acquired hyperlipoproteinemia, acquired immune deficiency syndrome Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for acquired characteristic acquired characteristic [ ə-kwīrd′ ] A nonhereditary change of function or structure in a plant or animal made in response to the environment. Acquired characteristics include bodily changes brought about by disease or by repeated use or disuse of a body part (as in the building or atrophy of muscle tissue). The heritability of acquired characteristics was advocated by certain biological theorists like Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and rejected by Charles Darwin in his formulation of the theory of evolution. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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