inheritance of acquired traits
Inheritance of acquired traits refers to the now-discredited hypothesis that traits acquired or changed during an organism's lifetime can be passed down to its offspring in subsequent generations.
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Related Concepts (23)
- adaptive traits
- darwin's natural selection
- darwin's theory
- darwinian evolution
- environmental factors
- epigenetics
- evolutionary biology
- evolutionary inheritance
- evolutionary theories
- genetic adaptations
- genetic variation
- genetics of acquired traits
- genotype-phenotype correlation
- heritability
- inheritance mechanisms
- inherited characteristics
- lamarck's law
- lamarckian evolution
- lamarckism
- neo-lamarckism
- role of environment in inheritance
- use and disuse
- variability in offspring
Similar Concepts
- acquired characteristics
- ancestral traits
- dominant traits
- epigenetic inheritance
- evolution of reproductive traits
- genetic inheritance
- genetic traits
- heredity
- heritability of acquired traits
- heritable traits
- inheritance
- inheritance and lineage
- inheritance of acquired characteristics
- inherited traits
- lamarckian inheritance