As an acquired habit, altruistic behavior eventually became an innate characteristic.

The fear of elitist accusations has now been subsumed into a much greater fear: that the award will go to somebody who possesses the wrong innate characteristics.

When we talk about innate characteristics, do we mean present at birth, universal in the species, impossible to alter, a result of evolution or due to special genes?

Analog audio signals are susceptible to noise and distortion, due to the innate characteristics of electronic circuits and associated devices.

The development of sensory maps requires learning, long term potentiation, experience-dependent plasticity, and innate characteristics.