lại giống
Definition
- Noun (Biology):
- Atavism: The phenomenon where characteristics of distant ancestors reappear in descendants after having been absent for several generations. It is considered a reversion to an ancestral type.
- Throwback: A more informal term for an individual exhibiting such ancestral traits.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Sự xuất hiện một chiếc đuôi nhỏ ở trẻ sơ sinh được coi là một trường hợp lại giống. (The appearance of a small tail on a newborn is considered a case of atavism.)
- Nhà sinh vật học nghiên cứu hiện tượng lại giống để hiểu về tiến hoá. (The biologist studies the phenomenon of atavism to understand evolution.)
- Con ngựa vằn đó là một cá thể lại giống, có sọc giống tổ tiên nguyên thuỷ của loài. (That zebra is a throwback individual, having stripes like the primitive ancestors of the species.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "lại giống" is primarily used in formal biological, anthropological, or genetic contexts. It can sometimes be used metaphorically in casual speech to describe a person who exhibits old-fashioned traits or behaviors reminiscent of a previous generation.
Variants and Related Words
- Tính lại giống (adj): Atavistic; relating to or characterized by atavism.
- Đặc điểm lại giống đó rất hiếm gặp. (That atavistic trait is very rare.)
Synonyms
- Atavism: (Formal) The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic.
- Throwback: (Informal) A reversion to an earlier type.
- Reversion: A return to a previous state or type.
Related Concepts
- Di truyền học (Genetics): The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics, which provides the mechanism for understanding atavism.
- Tiến hoá (Evolution): The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms; atavism provides evidence for evolutionary history.
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(sinh học) Atavism, throw-back, revversion to type
