Acquired characteristics

character /char·ac·ter/ (kar´ak-ter)

1. a quality indicative of the nature of an object or an organism.

2. in genetics, the expression of a gene or group of genes in a phenotype.

3. in psychiatry, a term used in much the same way as personality, particularly for those personality traits shaped by life experiences.

acquired character a noninheritable modification produced in an animal as a result of its own activities or of environmental influences.

primary sex characters those characters in the male or female that are directly involved in reproduction; the gonads and their accessory structures.

secondary sex characters those characters specific to the male or female but not directly involved in reproduction. See also masculinization and feminization.

acquired character

A nonhereditary change of function or structure in a plant or animal made in response to the environment.

character [kar´ak-ter]

1. a quality or attribute indicative of the nature of an object or organism.

2. in genetics, an observable property of an organism that is under genetic control; a trait.

3. in psychiatry, a term used, especially in the psychoanalytic literature, in much the same way as personality, particularly for those personality traits shaped by life experiences and developmental processes. Compare temperament.

acquired character a noninheritable modification produced in an animal as a result of its own activities or of environmental influences.

character disorders personality disorders.

dominant character a mendelian character that is expressed when it is transmitted by a single gene.

mendelian c's in genetics, the separate and distinct traits exhibited by an animal or plant and dependent on the genetic constitution of the organism.

primary sex c's those traits of the male and female directly concerned in reproduction.

recessive character a mendelian character that is expressed only when transmitted by both genes (one from each parent) determining the trait.

secondary sex c's those traits specific to the male and female but not directly concerned in reproduction, such as facial hair, voice depth, and distribution of body fat.

sex-conditioned character (sex-influenced character) an autosomal trait whose full expression is conditioned by the sex of the individual, e.g., human baldness.

sex-linked character one transmitted consistently to individuals of one sex only, being carried in the sex chromosome.

character

a quality or attribute indicative of the nature of an object or an organism.

1. in genetics, the expression of a gene or group of genes as seen in a phenotype.

2. in wool the evenness of the crimp.

acquired character

a noninheritable modification produced in an animal as a result of its own activities or of environmental influences.

character data

alphanumeric data.

dominant character

a mendelian character that is expressed when it is transmitted by a single gene.

mendelian c's

in genetics, the separate and distinct traits exhibited by an animal or plant and dependent on the genetic constitution of the organism.

primary sex c's

those characters of the male and female directly concerned in reproduction.

recessive character

a mendelian character that is expressed only when transmitted by both genes (one from each parent) determining the trait.

secondary sex c's

those characters specific to the male and female but not directly concerned in reproduction.

sex-conditioned character, sex-influenced character

an autosomal trait whose full expression is conditioned by the sex of the individual, e.g. human baldness.

sex-linked character

one transmitted consistently to individuals of one sex only, being carried in the sex chromosome.

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character dominant character recessive character sex-linked character	The process of racial uplift or racial degeneration made sense only because of a kind of neo-Lamarckianism that posited that acquired characteristics could in one way or another be passed on to future generations. Perils of degeneration: reform, the savage immigrant, and the ... by Bender, Daniel E. / Journal of Social History Darwinian evolution, however, does not--indeed, it cannot--transmit acquired characteristics to future generations. Reply to Xavier L. Simon's comment by Montanye, James A. / Independent Review This may seem far-fetched, but consider that, just as the Soviet Union relied on an incorrect model of the economy, it also relied on an incorrect theory of biology: the discredited theory that acquired characteristics could be inherited. Two invisible hands by Rubin, Paul H. / Regulation	acoustic meatus acoustic microscope acoustic nerve acoustic neuroma acoustic radiation acoustic reflex acoustic rhinometry acoustic shadow acoustic stria acoustic trauma acoustic trauma deafness acoustic tumor acoustic turbulence acoustic-immittance audiometry acoustics acoustogram acoustooptics ACP ACPS acquired Acquired Ageing acquired antibody acquired aplastic anemia acquired centric relation acquired character Acquired characteristics acquired cystic kidney disease acquired deafness acquired drive acquired epileptic aphasia acquired Fanconi's syndrome acquired hyperlipoproteinemia acquired hypogammaglobulinemia acquired immune deficiency syndrome acquired immunity acquired immunodeficiency syndrome acquired leukoderma acquired nevus acquired pellicle acquired platelet function defect acquired reflex acquired sterility acquired trait acquisition ACR acr(o)- acr- acral acral erythema acral lentiginous melanoma acrania	acquired anaphylaxis acquired anaphylaxis acquired antibody acquired antibody acquired aplastic anemia acquired atelectasis acquired atelectasis acquired atelectasis acquired behaviour acquired bleeding acquired bleeding acquired bleeding Acquired brain injury Acquired Brain Injury Advisory Council Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service acquired cataract acquired cataract acquired cataract acquired cataract acquired centric relation acquired centric relation acquired centric relation acquired centric relation acquired character acquired character acquired character acquired character acquired characteristic acquired characteristic acquired characteristic Acquired characteristics acquired characters acquired characters acquired characters acquired cleft palate acquired cleft palate acquired cleft palate Acquired Colour Vision Deficiency Acquired Commercial Technology for Retrieval Acquired Common Variable Hypogammaglobulinemia Acquired Companies Acquired Company acquired cystic disease of kidney acquired cystic disease of kidney acquired cystic disease of kidney acquired cystic disease of kidney Acquired Cystic Disease of the Kidney Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease acquired deafness Acquired Death Aversion Deficiency Syndrome acquired defect acquired defect acquired defect acquired defect Acquired disorder Acquired disorder Acquired disorder acquired drive acquired drive acquired drive

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The process of racial uplift or racial degeneration made sense only because of a kind of neo-Lamarckianism that posited that acquired characteristics could in one way or another be passed on to future generations.

Perils of degeneration: reform, the savage immigrant, and the ... by Bender, Daniel E. / Journal of Social History

Darwinian evolution, however, does not--indeed, it cannot--transmit acquired characteristics to future generations.

Reply to Xavier L. Simon's comment by Montanye, James A. / Independent Review

This may seem far-fetched, but consider that, just as the Soviet Union relied on an incorrect model of the economy, it also relied on an incorrect theory of biology: the discredited theory that acquired characteristics could be inherited.

Two invisible hands by Rubin, Paul H. / Regulation

acoustic trauma deafness