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Atavism  

Definition

  • Recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination; recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook or approach [Merriam Web]

Notation

  • 120508

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-R0WZ6F0R-2

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