acquired characteristics

acquired characteristics,

modifications produced in an individual plant or animal as a result of mutilation, disease, use and disuse, or any distinctly environmental influence. Some examples are docking of tails, malformation caused by disease, and muscle atrophy. The belief in the inheritability of acquired characteristics, proposed by the French biologist Jean-Baptiste LamarckLamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de
, 1744–1829, French naturalist. He is noted for his study and classification of invertebrates and for his introduction of evolutionary theories.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1809, was widely accepted at one time, but is now rejected. Geneticists have affirmed that inheritance is determined solely by the reproductive cells and is unaffected by somatic (body) cells.

单词	acquired characteristics
释义	DictionarySeeacquired character acquired characteristics acquired characteristics, modifications produced in an individual plant or animal as a result of mutilation, disease, use and disuse, or any distinctly environmental influence. Some examples are docking of tails, malformation caused by disease, and muscle atrophy. The belief in the inheritability of acquired characteristics, proposed by the French biologist Jean-Baptiste LamarckLamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de , 1744–1829, French naturalist. He is noted for his study and classification of invertebrates and for his introduction of evolutionary theories. ..... Click the link for more information. in 1809, was widely accepted at one time, but is now rejected. Geneticists have affirmed that inheritance is determined solely by the reproductive cells and is unaffected by somatic (body) cells. acquired characteristics acquired characteristics Features of an organism, such as the human being, arising from environmental influences or bodily functioning, rather than from heredity. ac·quired char·ac·ter (ă-kwīrd' kar'ăk-tĕr) Character developed due to environmental influences.
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acquired characteristics