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隔世遺伝かくせいいでん

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Parts: 隔世 遺伝
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か く せ い い で ん
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  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic
  2. 2
    English · JMdict
    genetics
    reappearance; atavism
  3. 3
    English · Wikipedia
    In biology, an atavism is an evolutionary throwback, such as traits reappearing that had disappeared generations before. More
Kanji
隔 カク isolate, alternate, distance 世 セイ generation, world, society 遺 イ bequeath, leave behind, reserve 伝 デン transmit, go along, walk along
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