acquired character

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.