Dauermodification

noun

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Noun
  1. 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. countable, uncountable

    "Cytoplasmic inheritance or dauermodification are considered the most likely explanations for this difference in photoperiod reaction."

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"Cytoplasmic inheritance or dauermodification are considered the most likely explanations for this difference in photoperiod reaction."

Etymology

From German Dauer + English modification.

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