atavisms

atavisms

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• n.【医】隔代遗传；呈现返祖现象的人

词形变化

复数：atavisms  

英汉解释

n.	1. 【医】隔代遗传,返祖(现象),返祖性 2. 呈现返祖现象的人

英英解释

n.	1. the recurrence of a genetically controlled feature in an organism after it has been absent for several generations, usually because of an accidental recombination of genes 2. an organism showing atavism

例句

Horner's plan, in essence, is to start off by creating experimental atavisms in the lab.

霍纳的计划，实质上是从在实验室里制造试验性的返祖开始。

Rather than rogue cells gone berserk, cancers may be the foot soldiers of ages-old atavisms

癌症远非疯狂的流氓细胞，更像是古老返祖现象的步兵。