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atavism
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atavism /at·a·vism/ (at´ah-vizm) apparent inheritance of a characteristic from remote rather than immediate ancestors.atavis´tic
at·a·vism (t-vzm)
n.
The appearance of characteristics that are presumed to have been present in some remote ancestor; reversion to an earlier biological type.
ata·vist n.
ata·vistic adj.
atavism
apparent inheritance of characters from remote ancestors, caused by recessive genes. Called also 'throwback'.
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