Etymology

dauermodification

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

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The story

  1. German · derived fromDauer
  2. English todaydauermodification

From German Dauer + English modification.

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