Atavism (Crossword clue)
We found one answer for “Atavism” .
This page shows answers to the clue Atavism, followed by ten definitions like “Re-emergence of ancestral characteristics”, “A reappearance of an earlier characteristic” and “An individual embodying such a reversion”.THROWBACK |
Definitions of “Atavism”
If the answer you seek is not in the answers above these definitions may help solving your crossword puzzle.• An individual embodying such a reversion
• Reversion to early or ancestral type
• Atavism is the tendency to revert to ancestral type
• (Intelligent words) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
• Reversion 1 throwback a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
• The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation
• In genetics, the reappearance of a characteristic not apparent in the immediately preceding generations
• The appearance in an individual of characteristics presumed to have been present in some remote ancestor
• The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties
• The reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some distant ancestor that have not been present in intervening generations
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