dauermodification
Noun. The persistence of an abnormal characteristic - generally an environmentally induced trait - over several generations of the organism. Such characteristics are inherited through the cytoplasm and tend to disappear after a few generations.This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
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