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acquired character
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acquired character
n.
A nonhereditary change of function or structure in a plant or animal made in response to the environment. Also called acquired characteristic.


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He performed blood-transfusion experiments on rabbits, which undermined Darwin's effort to build upon Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's suggestion that acquired characteristics can be inherited.
The first eugenicist: was Francis Galton wrong to want to improve the ... by Silber, Kenneth / Reason
21) and what seems to be a sort of Lamarckian view on the author's part on the inheritance of acquired characteristics (p.
The Curse of Ham. Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, Christianity, ... by Miller, Dean A. / Journal of Social History
These targets were based on socialist theory created by Stalin's favorite geneticist, Lysenko, who had caused a sensation (and much Western incredulity) by claiming that environmentally acquired characteristics would be inherited by the next generation.
Totalitarianism: Have We Seen the Last of It? by Minogue, Kenneth / The National Interest
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