Meaning of dauermodification | Babel Free
Definitions
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.
Examples
“Cytoplasmic inheritance or dauermodification are considered the most likely explanations for this difference in photoperiod reaction.”
“... dauermodification, but after a second autogamy, and also after a succeeding conjugation, the dauermodification appeared again. A more convincing demonstration of the calcium dauermodification was later made by Orlova (1941)[…]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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