Biology. Reversion to an earlier phylogenetic or ontogenetic form; an instance of this. Cf. regression, n. 3a.
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| 释义 | the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > production unlike parents > atavism (4) retrogression1826 Biology. Reversion to an earlier phylogenetic or ontogenetic form; an instance of this. Cf. regression, n. 3a. atavism1833 Resemblance to grand-parents or more remote ancestors rather than to parents; tendency to reproduce the ancestral type in animals or plants. reversion1833 Biology. The action or process of reverting to or towards an earlier type or form, esp. one that is less developed; an instance of this. Cf. regr… recurrence1862 Biology. The tendency of animals or plants produced by selective breeding to revert to an ancestral type; the reappearance of an ancestral feature… |
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